palling (around)

verb

present participle of pal (around)
as in traveling
to come or be together as friends they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palling (around)
  1. traveling
  2. hooking up
  3. associating
  4. messing around
  5. running
  6. connecting
  7. mixing
  8. joining
Verb
  • That could be why interest in traveling in November is surging, too.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Cameras went behind the scenes while Earle (second place to mirrorball winner Robert Irwin) was traveling around with the live tour.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • Schroeder’s sister Georgi Aubin and Clark’s friend Rob Evors denied sleeping together in the season, but were caught on a hot mic talking about hooking up for months.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The mood is already ruined after you get busted hooking up in a bar's bathroom.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of hooking up
Verb
  • The web now contains one more independent page associating that company with a particular problem, category or use case.
    — Mat Golubovic, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For creators, attending a Grand Slam can signal something to their audiences beyond an interest in tennis; for brands, the appeal lies partly in associating themselves with that cachet.
    — Jessica Schiffer, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of associating
Verb
  • And, the school wasn’t messing around with the secretiveness of the open practice for those who either received a ticket or media members in attendance.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The buckle on the Jordan clogs is a great touch, and the arch support isn’t messing around.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of messing around
Verb
  • Immediately, several social media users accused him of running another scheme.
    — Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The festival sits on 16 acres and will have more 175 crafters, 50 food and drink booths and 25 stages of entertainment running all day.
    — Rashad Alexander August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of running
Verb
  • At Crystal Bridges, however, the house is considered within a wider continuum of American art — connecting what came out of the country’s ground with what its artists and designers imagined from it.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The family spent three years completely renovating the space, partnering with Milan’s Palomba e Serafini to create a restrained, contemporary space with bold features including a chic spiral staircase connecting the entrance to the mezzanine.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of connecting
Verb
  • In another study, mixing in lentils with rice or instant potatoes resulted in lower blood sugar than eating the rice or potatoes alone.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2026
  • By taking stem cells from a host’s own body and encouraging them to differentiate before mixing them with a commercially available, soluble matrix gel, researchers may have cracked the most critical problems in the transplant process.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of mixing
Verb
  • The agreement also includes an additional $1 billion in equity to retain Hugging Face employees joining Nvidia.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Belkin is joining companies like BMX, Kuxiu, and Zens with the launch of its first power banks featuring semi-solid-state battery technology.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of joining
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“Palling (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palling%20%28around%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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