A fork of Rural Dictionary
To snail about is to wander with no purpose. Commonly walked slowly. It might be used as another term for lollygagging
Fulan on the phone: Hey Illan what are you doing?
Illan: Oh I'm just snailing about
A variation on the term to dick around which means to waste time.
Steve: "I should study for my sociology final but I think I'll watch my shows instead."
Harold: "You shouldn't cock about Steve!"
1) Wasting time doing something pointless (comparable to arsing about)
2) Doing something poorly
3) Doing nothing in particular (comparable to faffing about)
1)Will you stop cocking about and load the game?
2)Stop cocking about and get it done by tomorrow.
3)Person 1 : What are you doing now?
Person 2 : Just cocking about...
Person 1 : Oh, you wanna hit the pub?
after sleep or an ilnees one is no longer in bed
It is wonderful to see you up and about.