Define Playing Around Meaning

Toying with a girl but not actually having feelings for her

To devote thinking time to a subject. To discuss an idea during a card game (traditionally criminal).

Goofing off or horseplay. Used by my father to describe what I was doing instead of cleaning my room, doing my homework or whatever else I was supposed to be doing.

Used as a variation of the common "If there is grass on the playing field" used to determine if a girl is maature enough for sex; The "grass" being her pubic hair. if there is no grass on the playing field, one must "go around back and play in the dirt", as in engage in anal sex with the girl in question.