Lexic.us

Definition of Muck around

1. Verb. Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

Definition of Muck around

1. Verb. Means the same as muck about ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muck Around

Literary usage of Muck around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1872)
"... and throwing up a single ridge of muck around it four feet high. Into this cavity put one «third as much night-soil as there is muck in the heap, ..."

2. Our Farming: Or, How We Have Made a Run-down Farm Bring Both Profit and Pleasure by Theodore Brainard Terry (1893)
"The last foot was taken from under water, or below water level, but by leaving a little muck around the outside, taking a rod or so at a time, we managed to ..."

3. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Let's face it, operations guys order toilet paper for a living, and HR staff just muck around in your employment history (so shoot me for being biased). ..."

4. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Wherever a wigwam had stood before the flood there he planted a feather in the ground and scraped up muck around the same. In due time the feathers sprouted ..."

5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1907)
"The onion is grown on black muck around Kalamazoo, and they grow beautiful white onions right between the celery, and they are very careful to cover all ..."

6. The Soils and Agriculture of the Southern States by Hugh Hammond Bennett (1921)
"There is a narrow rim of muck around Lake Okechobee, consisting of black finely divided and well-decomposed vegetable matter, containing considerably more ..."

7. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1872)
"... and throwing up a single ridge of muck around it four feet high. Into this cavity put one «third as much night-soil as there is muck in the heap, ..."

8. Our Farming: Or, How We Have Made a Run-down Farm Bring Both Profit and Pleasure by Theodore Brainard Terry (1893)
"The last foot was taken from under water, or below water level, but by leaving a little muck around the outside, taking a rod or so at a time, we managed to ..."

9. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Let's face it, operations guys order toilet paper for a living, and HR staff just muck around in your employment history (so shoot me for being biased). ..."

10. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Wherever a wigwam had stood before the flood there he planted a feather in the ground and scraped up muck around the same. In due time the feathers sprouted ..."

11. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1907)
"The onion is grown on black muck around Kalamazoo, and they grow beautiful white onions right between the celery, and they are very careful to cover all ..."

12. The Soils and Agriculture of the Southern States by Hugh Hammond Bennett (1921)
"There is a narrow rim of muck around Lake Okechobee, consisting of black finely divided and well-decomposed vegetable matter, containing considerably more ..."

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