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MUCK ABOUT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does muck about mean?

• MUCK ABOUT (verb)
The verb MUCK ABOUT has 1 sense:

1. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Familiarity information: MUCK ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MUCK ABOUT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mess around; monkey around; muck about; muck around; potter; tinker; monkey; putter

Context example:

The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house

Hypernyms (to "muck about" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "muck about"):

puddle (mess around, as in a liquid or paste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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