fuck around

English

Alternative forms

fuck about (British)

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Verb

fuck around (third-person singular simple present fucks around, present participle fucking around, simple past and past participle fucked around)

(slang, vulgar) To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.
Quit fucking around and get back to work!
(slang, vulgar) To fool around.
He was just fucking around.
- 1997, Carlin, George, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 179:
  Also, as far as kicking someone when he's down is concerned, what is the problem here? Again, the object is to win, yes? Well, if he gets up, you might lose; therefore he must not get up. He needs to be kicked. You said you wanted to win. Or are you people just fucking around? I suspect that might be the case. Well, stop fucking around and make up your mind.
(slang, vulgar) To have sex with many partners.
After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.
(slang, vulgar) To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly

Synonyms

(waste time): See waste time
(fool around): fool around, screw around
(promiscuous sex): screw around, get around, fiddle around, sleep around
(horseplay): horse around, joke around

Derived terms

fuck around and find out

Translations

to procrastinate

Armenian: մուկ տշել (muk tšel), թրեւ գալ (tʿrew gal), ճանճ բռնել (čanč bṙnel), քամի կուլ տալ (kʿami kul tal)
Finnish: viivytellä (fi), aikailla (fi)
French: procrastiner (fr)
Galician: foder (gl)
German: herumtrödeln (de), herumdahlen (regional or dated)
Hungarian: tököl (hu), totojázik (hu), pöcsöl (hu), elbassza az időt
Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
Polish: opierdalać się (pl) impf (vulgar)
Russian: безде́льничать (ru) impf (bezdélʹničatʹ), лоботря́сничать (ru) impf (lobotrjásničatʹ), бить баклу́ши (ru) impf (bitʹ baklúši), валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká), дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja), страда́ть хуйнёй impf (stradátʹ xujnjój)
Spanish: joder (es)
Swedish: söla (sv), slå dank (sv), sega (sv)

to fool around; joking, bugging

Armenian: խեղկատակություն անել (xełkatakutʿyun anel), օյինբազություն անել (ōyinbazutʿyun anel)
Azerbaijani: məzələnmək
Finnish: pelleillä (fi)
French: glander (fr), flemmarder (fr)
Galician: putear (gl), foder (gl)
German: herumblödeln (de)
Greek: κωλοβαράω (el) (kolovaráo)
Hungarian: baszakodik (hu)
Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
Russian: дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja), валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká), стра́дать хуйнёй (strádatʹ xujnjój), хуи́ пина́ть (ru) (xuí pinátʹ)
Spanish: putear (es), joder (es), molestar (es), huevear (es) (Chile), fregar (es) (Ecuador), mamar (es) (Mexico)

to have sex with many partners

Armenian: ման գալ (hy) (man gal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂搞／乱搞 (zh) (luàngǎo), 胡搞 (zh) (húgǎo)
Czech: kurvit se (cs) f or impf, kurevničit m or impf
Finnish: huorata (fi), olla kenen kanssa sattuu
French: (informal) coucher à droite et à gauche
German: herumhuren (de)
Hungarian: fűvel-fával dug/kefél/kúr
Russian: развра́тничать (ru) impf (razvrátničatʹ), распу́тничать (ru) impf (raspútničatʹ), блядова́ть (ru) impf (bljadovátʹ) (vulgar)
Swedish: knulla runt (sv), ligga runt

to behave immaturely

Finnish: hölmöillä (fi)
German: herumkaspern, herumalbern (de)
Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
Russian: выёбываться impf (vyjóbyvatʹsja), вы́ебнуться (ru) pf (výjebnutʹsja) (vulgar)
Swedish: barnsla (sv) sig, larva (sv) sig, tramsa (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "to fool around; joking; bugging"

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} шегувам се (šeguvam se)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} fotre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 瞎混 (zh) (xia hun)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} aankloten
French: ^{(please verify)} déconner (fr)
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} apipisti
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} зајебавати, ^{(please verify)} јебати (vulgar)

Roman: ^{(please verify)} zajebavati (sh), ^{(please verify)} jebati (sh)

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