fuck around

Verb

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

1. (slang, vulgar) To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.
   • Quit fucking around and get back to work!
   • Stop fucking around! Just get a move on!

   Synonyms:

   waste time

2. (slang, vulgar) To fool around.
   • He was just fucking around.
   • Looks that I fuck around for anything.

   Synonyms:

   clown around, fool around, screw around

3. (rare, slang, vulgar) To have sex with many partners.
   • After the breakup, she made the most of being single and fucked around.
   • I sat in a sauna soon after, perusing a sexy fellow athlete who fucks around a lot and who had made it clear she could be seduced.1987 August 15, Laurie Sherman, “What's A Dyke To Do? A Lesbian Reluctantly Enters The Age Of Safe Sex”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 8

   Synonyms:

   screw around, get around, fiddle around, sleep around

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