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MUCK ABOUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Example:
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Synonyms:
mess around; monkey; monkey around; muck about; muck around; potter; putter; tinker
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "muck about" 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 "muck about"):
puddle (mess around, as in a liquid or paste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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