fooling around



badinage, chaff, coquetry, dalliance, dallying, exchange, flirtation, fooling, give-and-take, jape, jest, jive, joke, kidding, loitering,

   swell it - pontificate, put on, swank, swell ,

   totally - absolutely, across the board, all, all in all, all out, all put together, altogether, as a body, as a whole, at large, beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, bodily,

   morbidly sensitive - hair-splitting, hypercritical, hypersensitive, over-nice, over-sensitive, overconscientious, overcritical, overrefined ,

   factory district - armoury, arsenal, assembly line, boatyard, brewery, dairy, distillery, dockyard, factory, industrial park, mill, mint, packing house, plant, pottery,

   untouched - able, artless, bright, callous, callow, dewy, enigmatic, entire, ever-new, evergreen, extra, flawless, fledgling, fresh, good,

   jointly - all at once, all together, as one, as one man, at once, back to back, cheek by jowl, collectively, commonly, communally, concertedly, concordantly, concurrently, conjointly, cooperatively,

   carbonization - blazing, blistering, burning, combustion, cremation, distillation, incineration, oxidation, scorching, self-immolation, smelting ,

   compote - candy, comfit, confection, confectionery, conserve, dish, frosting, gelatin, glaze, honey, icing, jam, jelly, marmalade, meringue,

   whip into shape - arrange, order, put to rights, regiment, right ,

   fallow mind - fatuity, foolishness, inanity, nirvana, oblivion, passivity, tranquillity, vacancy ,