muck around
31muck about — v. (colloq.) (BE) to muck about with ( to mess around with ) * * * [ mʌkə baʊt] (colloq.) (BE) to muck about with ( to mess around with ) …
32muck — /muk/, n. 1. moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. 2. a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure. 3. mire; mud. 4. filth, dirt, or slime. 5. defamatory or sullying… …
33muck — Synonyms and related words: amble, ammonia, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmoke, bilge, bitch up, blow, blunder, bobble, bollix, botch, bugger up, bungle, carrion, castor bean meal, clay, commercial fertilizer, compost, corruption, dandruff, debris,… …
34muck about/around with something — spoil something by interfering with it. → muck …
35muck about/around — Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way. → muck …
36muck someone about/around — Brit. informal treat someone inconsiderately, typically by disrupting their plans. → muck …
37muck-up — Noun. A bungled event. E.g. That social around at Bill s last week was a right muck up …
38muck about / around — Verb. 1. To mess around, or fool about. Informal 2. To idle away time. E.g. Are you mucking about up there, or tidying your bedroom? …
39muck up — verb a) To ruin unintentionally. The terrorists have really mucked up our holiday plans. b) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others. Its the last day of school and everyone is mucking up …
40horse around — verb To play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence. Can we quit horsing around and get some work done? Syn: act out, clown around …
