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hang around(verb, idle, clown)
3
fool around(verb, idle, joke, jest)
2
fool about(verb, idle, joke, clown)
2
mess around(verb, phrasal verb, idle, pretend)
2
muck about(verb, idle, clown, lark)
1
kill time(verb, idle, clown)
1
play around(verb, idle, clown)
1
waste time(verb, idle, clown, lark)
0
act crazy(joke, jest)
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act the fool(verb, idiom, idle, joke)
0
bug out(joke, jest)
0
clown around(joke, jest)
0
cut up(joke, jest)
0
have fun(joke, jest)
0
horse around(verb, idle, pretend, tease)
0
kid around(pretend, joke, jest, kid)
0
lark about(joke, jest, lark)
0
lark around(joke, lark)
0
make merry(pretend, jest, kid)
0
make mischief(joke, lark)
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APASmart Define. (2015). mess about thesaurus. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/mess_about/thesaurus/synonyms
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HarvardSmart Define 2015, mess about thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/mess_about/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "mess about thesaurus" 13 April 2015. Web. 20 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/mess_about/thesaurus/synonyms>