Meaning

1 senses

  1. To muck about.

More definitions
  • do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Examples

4 sentences

  1. When the teacher is not paying attention, the students muck around.

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  2. We're just mucking around.

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  3. I'm going to muck around with the radio to see if I can fix it.

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  4. Stop mucking around!

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Forms

mucks around, mucking around, mucked around, mucked around
Base formmuck around · to muck around
3rd person singularmucks around
Present participlemucking around
Past simplemucked around
Past participlemucked around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymuck around
he, she, itmucks around

Past simpleLesson

all personsmucked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mucked around
he, she, ithas mucked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill muck around

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
muchA1muckmucousmucusmudB1
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