muck about
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.
Informal; Intransitive verb
verb
To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.
Australian usage; British usage; Informal; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Stop mucking about and get on with your work!"
- "Don't muck about with the video machine, or you might break it."
- "It was only a joke. We were only mucking about."
- "The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious."
- "Then he started stalling. In the end he mucked me about so much that I lost my patience and decided to nick the books from him."