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To do random unplanned work or spend time idly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- Stop mucking about and get on with your work!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- Don't muck about with the video machine, or you might break it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to treat a situation unseriously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, informal, intransitive
Examples
- It was only a joke. We were only mucking about.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work
Narrower terms: puddle
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
lorvailla
— spend time idly
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Finnish:
puuhastella
— spend time idly
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German:
herumgammeln
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
vacakol
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
piszmog
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
totojázik
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
szarakodik
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
tököl
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
tökölődik
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
molyol
— spend time idly
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Hungarian:
babrál
— spend time idly
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Māori:
ānewanewa
— spend time idly
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Russian:
бить баклуши
(bitʹ bakluši)
— spend time idly
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Spanish:
tontear
— spend time idly
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Esperanto:
maŝinumi sen kompreno
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Finnish:
hiplata
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Finnish:
sörkkiä
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Finnish:
sorkkia
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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German:
herumspielen
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Hungarian:
babrál
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Russian:
рукосуйствовать
(rukosujstvovatʹ)
— do something with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
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Esperanto:
ludumi
— be playful
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Esperanto:
petolumi
— be playful
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Finnish:
vitsailla
— be playful
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Finnish:
pelleillä
— be playful
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German:
herumalbern
— be playful
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Hungarian:
marháskodik
— be playful
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Hungarian:
ökörködik
— be playful
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Hungarian:
hülyéskedik
— be playful
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Hungarian:
idétlenkedik
— be playful
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Hungarian:
majomkodik
— be playful
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Hungarian:
bohóckodik
— be playful
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Russian:
озорничать
(ozorničatʹ)
— be playful
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Russian:
шалить
(šalitʹ)
— be playful
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Spanish:
payasear
— be playful
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Spanish:
tontear
— be playful
