"screw around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /skɹuː əˈɹaʊnd/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-screw around.ogg Forms: screws around [present, singular, third-person], screwing around [participle, present], screwed around [participle, past], screwed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} screw around (third-person singular simple present screws around, present participle screwing around, simple past and past participle screwed around)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-screw_around-en-verb-CgFznSJW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 2 48 2 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 43 5 47 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 8 43 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 4 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 48 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 7 44 7
  2. (slang, intransitive) To waste time; to dawdle; to play or idle. Tags: intransitive, slang Translations (to waste time): boludear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screw_around-en-verb-Nr8TwbgX Disambiguation of 'to waste time': 0 100 0 0
  3. (slang, intransitive) To have sex with multiple partners; to sleep around. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-screw_around-en-verb-u2HeCtEm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 2 48 2 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 43 5 47 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 8 43 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 4 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 48 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 7 44 7
  4. (slang, used with "with") To harass and annoy someone. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-screw_around-en-verb-EcD7665x

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to waste time",
      "word": "boludear"
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