fuck around vs muck about

fuck around

verb
  • To horseplay, joke around, behave immaturely or irresponsibly 

  • To fool around. 

  • To have sex with many partners. 

  • To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time. 

muck about

verb
  • To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to not treat the situation seriously. 

  • To do random unplanned work or spend time idly 

  • To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works. 

How often have the words fuck around and muck about occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )