"play about" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-play about.wav Forms: plays about [present, singular, third-person], playing about [participle, present], played about [participle, past], played about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play about (third-person singular simple present plays about, present participle playing about, simple past and past participle played about)
  1. Synonym of play around Synonyms: play around [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-play_about-en-verb-iJ0ioh05
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To trifle with or be frivolous concerning. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-play_about-en-verb-zmqjq8PX Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78

Inflected forms

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