muck around

Questions about muck around

What does muck around mean?

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

What is another word for muck around?

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 around a common word?

muck around 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.