| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | hoax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | Murphy, bamboozle*, bluff, chicane, con, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame, gammon, gull, hoodwink*, play games with, pull one's leg, rook, run a game on, set up*, sting*, swindle, take for a ride, take in* |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |