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kidding around
| Main Entry: |
kid around
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bait, banter, bother, chaff, disturb, dog*, fool around, give a hard time, goad, harass, josh, lead on, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, rag, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, taunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | act crazy, act the fool, bug out, cut up, fool around, have fun, jest, kid around |
| Main Entry: | dabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play at; tinker |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself with, be amateur, dally, dilly-dally, fiddle with, flirt with, horse around, idle, kid around, mess around, monkey around, monkey*, muck around, not be serious, play, play around, play games with, toy with, trifle, trifle with, work superficially |
| Antonyms: | take seriously |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
| Main Entry: | revel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure; celebrate |
| Synonyms: | bask, blow off steam, carouse, carry on, crow, cut loose, delight, enjoy, fool around, frolic, gloat, go on a spree, indulge, kick up heels, kid around, lap up, lark, let go, let loose, live it up, luxuriate, make merry, paint the town, rejoice, relish, riot, roister, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | romp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have fun, enjoy oneself |
| Synonyms: | caper, cavort, celebrate, cut capers, cut up, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on the town, kid around, lark, let loose, make merry, play, prance, revel, roister, rollic, skip, skylark, sport, whoop it up |
| Main Entry: | roister |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revel |
| Synonyms: | bask, blow off steam, carouse, carry on*, crow, cut loose, delight, enjoy, fool around, frolic, gloat, go on a spree, indulge, kick over the traces, kick up heels, kick up one's heels, kid around, lap up, lark, let go*, let loose, live it up, luxuriate, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, paint the town, rejoice, relish, riot, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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