| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. See fool. 2. Informal. To make jokes; behave playfully: jest, joke. Informal : clown (around), fun. See LAUGHTER. 3. Informal. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity: doodle, fool, putter. Informal : mess around. See THRIVE. 4. Informal. To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior: Informal : neck, pet1, spoon. Slang : make out. See SEX. 5. Informal. To be sexually unfaithful to another: philander, womanize. Informal : cheat, mess around, play around. See SEX.
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