muck about

1. 1.

   do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

   “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”

   Synonymsputtermess aroundpottertinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck around

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Questions about muck about

What does muck about mean?

muck about means "do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly".

What is another word for muck about?

Close synonyms include putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muck about a common word?

muck about is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.