mucking around
Fooling about aimlessly
Mucking around means wasting time or behaving in an aimless, unserious way: Stop mucking around and finish your homework.
It can also mean tinkering or fiddling with something without clear purpose: He spent the afternoon mucking around with the engine.
Primarily British, with *messing around* more common in American English.
- larkingPlayful, carefree activity
- potterMaker of clay vessels
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- frolickingLighthearted energetic movement
- tinkerMender of metal household wares
improvising · dilly-dallying · messing about · farting about · dawdling · passing time · goofing off · dabbling · loafing · clowning · fiddling · procrastinating · meddling · joking · trying out · frittering · lollygagging · futzing
mucking aroundgetting down to business
Focusing on the task
focusing · concentrating · knuckling down · applying oneself · buckling down
mucking aroundindustriousness
Habitual hard work
toiling · grinding · putting in the work · hustling · nose to the grindstone
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