(informal) To waste time doing pointless or silly things / (informal) To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted.

The largest hammer used by smiths.

(blacksmithing, dated) A warning that the heavy about sledge is about to be swung, usually by a hammerman.

(informal) To linger, loiter, or stay. / (informal) Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with.

(UK, colloquial) wait a minute; hold on

(Britain) To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.

(literary) mentioned above

(transitive, informal) To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.

To strike blows in all directions. / To set about, with infinitive or gerund.

simple past tense of lie about