around
prep
1 about, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, environing, on all sides of, on every side of, surrounding
2 about, approximately, circa (used with dates) roughly
adv
3 about, all over, everywhere, here and there, in all directions, on all sides, throughout, to and fro
4 at hand, close, close at hand, close by, near, nearby, nigh (archaic or dialect)
boss around
bully, dominate, domineer, oppress, order, overbear, push around (slang) put upon, ride roughshod over, tyrannize
fool around , about
act the fool, dawdle, footle (informal) hang around, idle, kill time, lark, mess about, play about, play the fool, waste time
gad (about or around)
gallivant, ramble, range, roam, rove, run around, stravaig (Scot. & Northern English dialect) stray, traipse (informal) wander
horse around , about
clown, fool about or around, misbehave, play the fool, play the goat, roughhouse (slang)
play around
dally, fool around, mess around, philander, take lightly, trifle, womanize
slop around , about
flop, loaf, lollop, lounge, shamble, shuffle, slouch, slump, sprawl, veg out (slang, chiefly U.S.)