muck around in English

Forms: mucks around [present, singular, third-person], mucking around [participle, present], mucked around [participle, past], mucked around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} muck around (third-person singular simple present mucks around, present participle mucking around, simple past and past participle mucked around)

Inflected forms

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"muck around" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms