muck about

But I was mucking about with this song in my studio at home — this song by the Montgolfier Brothers, “Between Two Points” — and the sentiments of the lyrics just were not working for me.

The material doesn’t want sophisticated adults mucking about in it or, worse, gentling its hard edges for commercial consumption.

“We’re not. It’s just so much easier when you all like each other and muck about.”

"My gut reaction was he was doing something athletic or mucking about and it had gone wrong," said Mr Badcock.

Does everyone in the family have rubber boots for mucking about?