fool around

fuːl əˈraʊnd
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Translation of fool around from English into Dutch

Phrasal verb

intr.
1.

productivity

waste time doing unimportant things
  • Stop fooling around and get to work.!Stop met lummelen en ga aan het werk
2.

playful behavior

engage in playful or silly activities
  • The kids love to fool around in the park.De kinderen ravotten graag in het park.
3.

adultery

Rare
have an affair outside marriage
Rare
vreemdgaan overspel plegen een affaire hebben
  • She discovered he was fooling around with a colleague.Ze ontdekte dat hij een affaire had met een collega.
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Synonyms and analogies of fool around in English

Examples of fool around in a sentence

  • He likes to fool around with gadgets in his free time.
  • They like to fool around during meetings.
  • Stop fooling around and finish your homework.
  • Rumors spread that he was fooling around with his neighbor.
  • She suspected her partner was fooling around again.

Translations of "fool around" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
klooienv.

The kids like to fool around in the backyard after school every day.

De kinderen houden ervan na school in de achtertuin te klooien elke dag.

rommelenv.

You should know better than to fool around with him.

Je zou beter moeten weten dan met hem te rommelen.

flikflooienv.

I already had plans to fool around with this angel right here.

Ik had al plannen om te flikflooien met deze engel hier.

vrijenv.

Didn't you follow me to fool around?

Ging je niet mee om te vrijen?

spelenv.

Okay, if you just want to fool around a little bit...

Oké, als je alleen een beetje wilt spelen.

rollebollenv.

It's okay to fool around with your partner's wife.

Het is prima om te rollebollen met de vrouw van je partner.

rotzooien

You know, guns aren't made to fool around with.

Weet je, wapens zijn niet gemaakt om mee te rotzooien.

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Other translations for fool around:

  • lummelenv.
  • flauwekullenv.
  • ravottenv.

fool around: Examples and translations in context

This isn't the kind of story you should fool around in.

Dit is niet het soort verhaal waar je in rond moet klooien.

I don't have time to fool around with scraped knees.

Ik heb geen tijd om met geschaafde knieën te klooien.

No, you can't fool around with medicine, hon.

Nee, je kunt niet klooien met medicijnen, lieverd.

But don't fool around with my daughter.

Maar ga niet met m'n dochter klooien.

We used to hang out, fool around, you know.

We gingen uit, klooien, weet je.

You cannot afford to fool around with wet or too thick splinters.

Je kan het je niet veroorloven om te klooien met vochtige of te dikke splinters.

We can fool around when we get home.

We kunnen klooien als we thuis zijn.

No, you can't fool around with medicine, hon.

Nee, je kunt niet klooien met medicijnen, lieverd.

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