- mill about
- mill around & mill aboutto wander or move around aimlessly within a small area. •
Everyone was milling around, looking for something to do.
•The students milled about between classes.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Everyone was milling around, looking for something to do.
•The students milled about between classes.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
mill about — phrasal verb mill around or mill about [intransitive] Word forms mill around : present tense I/you/we/they mill around he/she/it mills around present participle milling around past tense milled around past participle milled around informal… … English dictionary
mill about — verb 1. be about (Freq. 1) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mill about — See mill around … Thesaurus of popular words
mill about/around — (of people or animals) move around in a confused mass. → mill … English new terms dictionary
mill — ► NOUN 1) a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. 2) a device or piece of machinery for grinding grain or other solid substances. 3) a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process. ► VERB 1) grind in a mill … English terms dictionary
mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ … Dictionary of American idioms
mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ … Dictionary of American idioms
mill around — mill about people were milling about in the streets Syn: throng, swarm, crowd … Thesaurus of popular words
mill around — verb 1. be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag … Useful english dictionary
mill — I n. machine for grinding 1) a coffee; pepper mill factory 2) a flour; lumber; paper; rolling; steel; textile mill place where results are achieved in a quick, routine way 3) a diploma; divorce; marriage; propaganda mill misc. 4) to go through… … Combinatory dictionary
mill around — PHRASAL VERB When a crowd of people mill around or mill about, they move around within a particular place or area, so that the movement of the whole crowd looks very confused. [V P] Quite a few people were milling about, but nothing was happening … English dictionary