muck around

• Verbo usado para indicar comportamento tolo ou improdutivo, ou passar o tempo com atividades sem objetivo. Também pode significar mexer ou brincar com algo sem propósito sério.

A phrasal verb used to indicate behaving in a silly or unproductive way, or to waste time by doing something aimlessly.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Waste time or be idleinformalbritish

   To spend time doing things that are not useful or productive; to mess about.

   Vadiar

   • Stop mucking around and get to work.
   • The kids were mucking around in the garden instead of doing their homework.
   • We mucked around for an hour before deciding what to do.

   Sinônimosdawdledilly-dallyfool aroundhang aroundidleloiterlollygagmess aroundputter

   Antônimoslaborstrivetoilwork

2. Interfere or tamperinformalbritish

   To handle or adjust something in a careless or unskilled way, often causing problems.

   Interferir ou mexer

   • Who's been mucking around with the thermostat?
   • Don't muck around with the settings on my computer.
   • He mucked around with the engine and now it won't start.

   Sinônimosmeddlemess aroundtampertinker

   Antônimosadjustcarecorrectfixhandlemanagerepairtend

Verbo basemuck