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Verb: monkey around  'múng-kee-u'rawnd
Usage: informal
  1. Do random, unplanned work, activities or spend time idly
    "The kids were monkeying around in the backyard all afternoon";
    - putter [N. Amer], mess around [informal], potter [Brit], tinker, muck about [Brit, informal], muck around [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: monkeyed around, monkeys around, monkeying around

Type of: work