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| Main Entry: |
play around
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | philander |
| Synonyms: | dally, flirt, fool around, mess around, philander, take lightly, trifle, wolf, womanize |
| 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: | dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | boondoggle, drag, fool around, fool with, fritter away, hang about, horse around, idle, jerk off, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, play around, play games with, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trifle with, waste time, while away |
| Antonyms: | hasten, hurry, push, rush |
| Main Entry: | dally/dally with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have love affair |
| Synonyms: | be insincere with, carry on, cosset, fool around, frivol, frolic, gambol, have a fling, lead on, play around, rollick, romp, tamper, wanton |
| Main Entry: | fool around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
| Synonyms: | dawdle, hang around, idle, kill time, lark, mess around, play around |
| Antonyms: | labor, toil, work |
| Main Entry: | horse around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool around |
| Synonyms: | carry on, cavort, cut up, fool around, lark, monkey around, play around, roughhouse |
| Main Entry: | mess around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle; goof off |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around, play, play around, play the fool, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trifle |
| Antonyms: | labor, toil, work |
| Main Entry: | toy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play with |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, coquet, cosset, dally, dandle, fiddle, flirt, fool, fool around, jest, lead on, mess around, pet, play, play around, play games, sport, string along, tease, trifle, wanton |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | play the field |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | date more than one person |
| Synonyms: | flirt, gallivant, philander, play around, run around, sow one's oats |
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