jacking around
Goofing off aimlessly
Jacking around is wasting time or engaging in aimless, unproductive activity.
It suggests fooling around when you should be doing something useful: Quit jacking around and finish your homework.
The phrase can also mean behaving irresponsibly or not taking something seriously: They've been jacking us around for weeks with no real answer.
- clowningPlayful comic behavior
- cutting upDividing with blade
- acting the foolIntentional ridiculous behavior
- messing aboutIdle, aimless activity
- dilly-dallyingWasting time indecisively
loafing · pranking · shirking · malingering · goofing off · procrastinating · roughhousing · stalling · ribbing · slacking · delaying · dragging one's feet · spinning one's wheels · playing hooky · joking · dawdling · frittering away · idling
jacking aroundworking
In active function
getting down to business · focusing · buckling down · concentrating · applying oneself
jacking aroundhustling
Hurrying or swindling
grinding · toiling · laboring · bearing down · digging in