muck-aboutn.
/ˈmʌkəˌbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈməkəˌbaʊt/ colloquial. rare.
A person who behaves in an aimless or desultory way. Also: the action or activity of behaving in this way.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who
musardc1330
tifflerc1535
dalliera1568
pingler1578
puddlera1585
wag-wanton1601
fiddle-faddle1602
piddler1602
pedlara1625
potterer1837
frivolist1884
frivoller1889
tiddlywinker1893
muck-about1933
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
1933 H. G. Wells Bulpington of Blup ix. 353 Rich old women in Paris—middle-aged muck-abouts—art shops.
1968 L. Berg Risinghill 122 The boys..were restless, ready for a ‘lark’ or a ‘muck-about’ or a ‘giggle’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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