dick around

dick around
   (of a male)
   to be promiscuous
   The derivation is from dick1. Figuratively, it means to mess around:
    Dicking around was his style and he was not alone in that. (Fiennes, 1996 — the act does indeed need a partner)
    ... dicking around with his cows and windmills. (M. Thomas, 1982, writing about a painter)

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