Meaning

4 senses

  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!

    herumtrödeln, herumdahlen

    безде́льничатьbezdélʹničatʹ, лоботря́сничатьlobotrjásničatʹ, бить баклу́шиbitʹ baklúši

  2. (slang, vulgar)To fool around.

    He was just fucking around.

    Looks that I fuck around for anything.

    herumblödeln

    дура́читьсяduráčitʹsja, валя́ть дурака́valjátʹ duraká, стра́дать хуйнёйstrádatʹ xujnjój

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

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

    herumhuren

    развра́тничатьrazvrátničatʹ, распу́тничатьraspútničatʹ, блядова́тьbljadovátʹ

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

    herumkaspern, herumalbern

    выёбыватьсяvyjóbyvatʹsja, вы́ебнутьсяvýjebnutʹsja

Examples

12 sentences

  1. This isn't the time to fuck around.

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  2. You'd better go find a job instead of fucking around.

    ruЧем просиживать штаны, лучше б работать шёл. — Lathean

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  3. It could be someone fucking around, or it could be real.

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  4. It could be somebody fucking around, or it could be real.

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  5. Are you fucking around?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to procrastinate:
to fool around; joking, bugging:
to have sex with many partners:
to behave immaturely:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to procrastinate:
to fool around; joking, bugging:
to have sex with many partners:
to behave immaturely:

Forms

fucks around, fucking around, fucked around, fucked around
Base formfuck around · to fuck around
3rd person singularfucks around
Present participlefucking around
Past simplefucked around
Past participlefucked around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfuck around
he, she, itfucks around

Past simpleLesson

all personsfucked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fucked around
he, she, ithas fucked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fuck around

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
waste time:waste time
fool around:clown aroundfool aroundscrew around
promiscuous sex:get aroundfiddle aroundsleep around
horseplay:horse aroundjoke around

Word family

2 related words
Derivedfuckarounditisfuck with

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fuckfuckerfuckholefucking
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