Muck About (Verb)
Meaning
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She spent the day mucking about with her paint set instead of doing her schoolwork.
- My grandfather loved to muck about in his vegetable garden on weekends.
- The tourists spent their morning mucking about in the local shops, buying souvenirs.
- The old man is often found mucking about in his mechanics workshop, trying to fix old cars.
- When they were kids, the siblings would muck about in the woods behind their house.