fuck around

English

Alternative forms

• fuck about (British)

Pronunciation

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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)

1. (slang, taboo) To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate.

   Quit fucking around and get back to work!

2. (slang, vulgar) To fool around.

   He was just fucking around.

3. (slang, vulgar) To have sex with many partners.

   After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.

4. (slang, vulgar) To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly

Synonyms

• (fritter): fritter, screw around
• (fool around): fool around, screw around
• (promiscuous sex): screw around, get around
• (horseplay): horse around, joke around

Translations

to procrastinate

• Armenian: մուկ տշել (muk tšel), թրեւ գալ (tʻrew gal), ջուր ծեծել (hy) (ǰur cecel), ճանճ բռնել (čanč bṙnel), քամի կուլ տալ (kʻami kul tal)
• Finnish: viivytellä (fi), aikailla (fi)
• Galician: foder (gl)
• Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
• Polish: opierdalać się (pl) impf (vulgar)
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• 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)

to fool around; joking, bugging

• Armenian: խեղկատակություն անել (xeġkatakutʻyun anel), օյինբազություն անել (ōyinbazutʻyun anel)
• Azerbaijani: məzələnmək
• Finnish: pelleillä (fi)
• French: glander (fr), flemmarder (fr)
• Galician: putear (gl), foder (gl)
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• Greek: κωλοβαράω (el) (kolovaráo)
• Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
• Russian: дура́читься (ru) (duráčitʹsja), валя́ть дурака́ (ru) impf (valjátʹ duraká), стра́дать хуйнёй (strádatʹ xujnjój)
• 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)
• Czech: kurvit se (cs) f or impf, kurevničit m or impf
• Finnish: huorata (fi)
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• German: herumhuren (de)
• Russian: блядова́ть (ru) impf (bljadovátʹ) (vulgar)

to behave immaturely

• Finnish: hölmöillä (fi)
• Italian: cazzeggiare (it)
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• Russian: выёбываться (ru) impf (vyjóbyvatʹsja), вы́ебнуться (ru) pf (výjebnutʹsja) (vulgar)

• 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)
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• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} apipisti
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} зајебавати, ^{(please verify)} јебати (vulgar)

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