"play about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play about (third-person singular simple present plays about, present participle playing about, simple past and past participle played about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of play around"
      ],
      "id": "en-play_about-en-verb-iJ0ioh05",
      "links": [
        [
          "play around",
          "play around#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "play around"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Vivian Blue, Your Heart Is Mine 2: A Criminal Romance",
          "text": "“We?” Byrd questioned, looking confused. “Yes, we, muthafucka!” Big Lee replied sarcastically. “You're my child now, and I don't play about mine!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trifle with or be frivolous concerning."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_about-en-verb-zmqjq8PX",
      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
        ],
        [
          "frivolous",
          "frivolous"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, African-American Vernacular) To trifle with or be frivolous concerning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play about"
}

{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play about (third-person singular simple present plays about, present participle playing about, simple past and past participle played about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of play around"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play around",
          "play around#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "play around"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Vivian Blue, Your Heart Is Mine 2: A Criminal Romance",
          "text": "“We?” Byrd questioned, looking confused. “Yes, we, muthafucka!” Big Lee replied sarcastically. “You're my child now, and I don't play about mine!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trifle with or be frivolous concerning."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trifle",
          "trifle"
        ],
        [
          "frivolous",
          "frivolous"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, African-American Vernacular) To trifle with or be frivolous concerning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play about"
}