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
  • The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.
    — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • After that finale breakup comes another big plot moment for Samir — hooking up with Billie.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 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
  • Both of France’s sons seem to appreciate imaginative play over messing around with action figures, something that makes perfect sense given France’s own love for the arts.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Take note at the point in a song when the real dancers stop messing around.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of messing around
Verb
  • Detroit, of course, still ranks as one of the better base-running teams in the league.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Before running for governor, Acton had been recruited by DeWine in 2019 to lead the Ohio Department of Health while serving as an associate professor of public health at Ohio State University.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of running
Verb
  • Currently, meeting a connecting passenger generally requires the traveler to leave the secure area of the airport, then go through security again before continuing their trip.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In each case, the value comes not from the technology alone but from connecting data to a decision an agency already needs to make.
    — Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 10 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
  • Murray tries to be the next successful project in purple, joining the Vikes after seven up-and-down years with the Arizona Cardinals.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps joining social media will allow Lawrence to get some of that control back.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 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 13 Sep. 2026.

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