muck about

Definition of Muck About in English :

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Example Sentences:
'The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Muck About

verb British slang

1. (intransitive)

to waste time; misbehave

2. (when intr, foll by with)

to interfere with, annoy, or waste the time of

Chiefly British, Slang

to waste time; putter

n.

1. A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.

2. Moist farmyard dung; manure.

3. Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.

4. Something filthy or disgusting.

5. Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.

6. The pile of discarded cards, as in poker: threw his hand into the muck.

v. mucked, muck·ing, mucks

v.tr.

1. To fertilize with manure or compost.

2. To make dirty, especially with muck.

3. To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).

4. To fold (one's hand) in a card game, especially by pushing one's cards away.

v.intr.

To muck one's hand in a card game.