(Preposition)ABOUT/AROUND

BORS ABOUT/AROUND: directing people or advising them without authority

and qualification. He is disliked for his boring around.

BUSTLE ABOUT/AROUND: move about quickly in a determined fashion.They

busled about the park.

BUZZ ABOUT/AROUND: move about making a buzzing sound. The honey bees

buzzled about the place.

CRASH ABOUT/AROUND: move about making a loud noise. The boys crashed

around the house.

HOVER  ABOUT/AROUND: to stay at aplace waiting for something. The

reporters hovered around the prime minister's official residence.

FLUTTER ABOUT/AROUND: move about quickly and aimlessly. The woman

fluttered about in the garden.

FOOL ABOUT/AROUND: behave childishly. Stop fooling about and come to the office.

FRIG ABOUT/AROUND: waste time, mess about. He frigged around doing nothing.

FUMBLE ABOUT/AROUND: move about searching something. Sarla was

fumbling around in the corner.

GADDED ABOUT/AROUND: go to different place seeking amusement. They

gadded about the continent.

KICK ABOUT/AROUND: to be lying somewhere. I have to find out the

report kicking about in the room.

KICK ABOUT/AROUND: discuss with people. They were kicking around the scheme.

KICK ABOUT/AROUND: treat badly. I dislike being kicked about like this.

KNOCK ABOUT/AROUND: to discuss  an idea etc. The scheme should be

knocked around before its implementation.

KNOCK ABOUT/AROUND: have alot of experience by travelling. She has

knocked about the whole country.

KNOCK ABOUT/AROUND: be present somewhere doing nothing. He knocked

around Kolkata for a month.

LARK ABOUT/AROUND: enjoy doing silly things. The children larked

around in  the garden.

LAZE ABOUT/AROUND: relax and enjoy lazily. The worker was caught lazing about.

LIE ABOUT/AROUND: something that has been left somewhere. Clothes,

books and papers lay around the room.

LOAF ABOUT/AROUND: waste time. He was loafing about the streets.

LOLL  ABOUT/AROUND: to sit or lie in a very relaxed way. I spent my

leisure lolling about the sea-shore

LOUNGE ABOUT/AROUND: to spend time doing nothing. She kept lounging

about the whole weeek.

MESS ABOUT/AROUND: cause problems to others. I dislike you messing me about.

MILL ABOUT/AROUND: move around a place in different directions without

a specific purpose. People were milling around the Times squre.

MOON ABOUT/AROUND: to move proud lazily without any  purpose. You

would fail in the examination if you do not stop immediately mooning

around.

MOVE ABOUT/AROUND: keep changing your residence or job. My job is

permanent and i need not move about.

PULL ABOUT/AROUND: misbehave, handle roughly. Stop pulling me about.

MUCK ABOUT/AROUND: to behave in a silly manner. They mucked around the

whole day on the river day.

NOSE ABOUT/AROUND: to look for interesting news etc. He had nosed

about the place in my absense.

PLAY ABOUT/AROUND: handle or treat something casually and

nonseriously. Stop playing about with the piano.

POKE ABOUT/AROUND: serch, pry about. I found her poking about among my

belongings.

RACE  ABOUT/AROUND: go quickly from one place to another. They raced

around canvassing. they children raced about all the day.

REVOLVE ABOUT/AROUND: have as a centre. The planets revolve around the sun.

ROAM ABOUT/AROUND: walk with no clear purpose. The lion roam roamed

about the jungle.

SIT ABOUT/AROUND: sit in a place doing little. They sat around the

fire place.they sat about and gossip.

WHISPER ABOUT/AROUND: pass about, say something very quietly. What

were you two whispering about?