muck about

Definitions

1. 1

   To do random unplanned work or spend time idly

   • Stop mucking about and get on with your work!
2. 2

   To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.

   • Don't muck about with the video machine, or you might break it.
3. 3

   To be playful

   To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.

   • It was only a joke. We were only mucking about.
   • The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious.
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   1. 4

      To play with

      To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).

      • Then he started stalling. In the end he mucked me about so much that I lost my patience and decided to nick the books from him.

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• synonymgoof around
• synonymgoof off
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• synonymmuck up
• synonymplay around
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