Akademik

muck about
verb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
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The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house

• Syn:
↑putter, ↑mess around, ↑potter, ↑tinker, ↑monkey, ↑monkey around, ↑muck around
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tinker (for: ↑tinker), ↑tinkerer (for: ↑tinker), ↑potterer (for: ↑potter), ↑putterer (for: ↑putter)
• Hypernyms: ↑work
• Hyponyms: ↑puddle
• Verb Frames:
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ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround derived
(BrE, informal) to behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or doing sth else
Syn: ↑mess about

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I spent most of my time at school mucking about and getting into trouble.

Main entry: ↑muckderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.