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Verb
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Present participle for to make a fool of oneself
fooling around
mucking about
playing around
horsing around
playing the fool
messing around
fooling about
messing about
clowning around
monkeying around
mucking around
acting the clown
acting the goat
acting foolishly
cutting up
acting up
clowning about
clowning
carrying on
misbehaving
causing trouble
showboating
larking about
getting up to mischief
larking
playing the giddy goat
getting up to no good
playing up
indulging in horseplay
skylarking
hotdogging
showing off
larking around
horsing about
monkeying about
fiddling around
misconducting oneself
playing about
playing tricks
kidding around
jesting
fiddling about
acting crazy
forgetting oneself
joking around
giving someone trouble
engaging in high jinks
playing for laughs
having fun
playing the goat
fannying about
footling about
playing pranks
footling around
futzing
puddling about
screwing around
joking
footling
idling
lollygagging
trifling
puttering around
kicking around
playing
hanging around
goofing around
fribbling
pottering around
hanging about
doodling
yukking it up
acting out
goofing off
romping
cavorting
roughhousing
making mischief
behaving badly
creating
causing a commotion
causing a fuss
losing it
toying
amusing oneself
fiddling
messing
fooling
playing with
messing with
dabbling
frolicking
twiddling
fidgeting
monkeying
amusing yourself
fidgetting
capering
gambollingUK
gambolingUS
relaxing
dallying
rollicking
fooling with
pottering about with
entertaining oneself
carousing
frivoling
loitering
idling away
frivolling
having a good time
flirting
fiddling with
toying with
trifling with
monkeying with
occupying oneself
wasting time
engaging in games
enjoying oneself
playing games
playing games with
enjoying yourself
dallying with
dawdling
winking at
dilly-dallying
lounging
faffing about
chilling out
lounging around
lazing around
mooching around
lolling around
having a lark
having a laugh
touching
feeling
handling
fingering
pawing
adjusting slightly
meddling
rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
puttering
pottering
tinkering with the edges of
playing about with
messing about with
tinkering at the edges of
meddling with
playing around with
interfering with
tampering
mucking around with
mucking about with
tampering with
messing around with
puddling
interfering
tinkering
dabbling with
fooling around with
fooling about with
working amateurishly on
bumbling
thumbing
picking at
fussing
pottering about
amusing oneself with
flirting with
experimenting
working superficially
tinkering with
pottering around with
playing at
pottering round with
sporting
frisking
revelingUS
revellingUK
resting
letting go
letting loose
making merry
cutting capers
diverting oneself
disporting oneself
jumping
letting your hair down
kidding
rejoicing
going on a spree
recreating
diverting
disporting
kicking up one's heels
“Despite his efforts to act the fool, she saw right through his charade and recognized his true intentions.”
Verb
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Present participle for to behave or act in a jocular manner
messing around
joking
joshing
kidding
teasing
clowning
larking
mucking about
clowning around
mucking around
playing the fool
larking around
playing around
having a lark
having a laugh
pratting about
pulling one's leg
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