play around

play around verb: to behave in a silly, childish, or irresponsible way.

Verb

play around (third-person singular simple present plays around, present participle playing around, simple past and past participle played around)

To behave in a silly, childish, or irresponsible way.
- Stop playing around, and get on with your homework.
To work with something in a non-serious manner; to tweak or tinker.
- He was interested in electronics and began playing around with amplifiers.
(idiomatic) To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.

philander, womanize, have affairs: സ്ത്രീലോലുപത്വം കാട്ടുക, പല സ്തീകളുമായി ലെെംഗികബന്ധം പുലർത്തുക, സ്ത്രീസേവ ചെയ്യുക, പ്രേമവിലാസങ്ങളിൽ വിഹരിക്കുക, കാമവിലാസങ്ങൾ കാട്ടുക, ശൃംഗരിക്കുക

third-person singular present	plays around
present participle	playing around
past participle	played around
past	played around

What does play around mean?: Play around means to behave in a silly, childish, or irresponsible way.
What is play around in Malayalam?: Play around in Malayalam is സ്ത്രീലോലുപത്വം കാട്ടുക, പല സ്തീകളുമായി ലെെംഗികബന്ധം പുലർത്തുക, സ്ത്രീസേവ ചെയ്യുക. See Play around meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is play around?: Play around is a verb.
What is the past tense of play around?: The past tense of play around is played around.

Adapted from Wiktionary: play around (page history and authors); play around (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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