MONKEY AROUND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Example:

The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "monkey around" 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 "monkey around"):

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

Sentence frames:

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