"jack around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-jack around.ogg Forms: jacks around [present, singular, third-person], jacking around [participle, present], jacked around [participle, past], jacked around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jack around (third-person singular simple present jacks around, present participle jacking around, simple past and past participle jacked around)
  1. (slang) To misbehave, fool around. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-jack_around-en-verb-NcuJ9fsM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (slang) To dawdle; to waste time. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-jack_around-en-verb-o9Jjjaij

Inflected forms

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