screw around

screw around
intransitive verb
slang : to waste or pass time : loiter

got all night to screw around here — Richard Bissell

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1) vulgar slang have many different sexual partners
2) informal fool around

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screw around [phrasal verb]
chiefly US informal
1 : to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time

Quit screwing around [=messing around, fooling around] and get back to work.

2 : to have sex with someone who is not your husband, wife, or regular partner

She found out he's been screwing around. [=fooling around]

— often + with

She was screwing around with her boss.

3 : to use or do something in a way that is not very serious

I spent the afternoon screwing around [=messing around] on the piano.

— often + with

screwing around with paints

4 screw around with (something) : to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way

It's really dangerous to screw around with your cell phone while you're driving.

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Main Entry:screw

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ˌscrew aˈround derived
(taboo, slang) to have sex with a lot of different people
Main entry:screwderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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