bum around

1.  Loaf, wander idly, as in After graduating he decided to bum around Europe for a year. [Mid-1800s]
2.  Frequent bars or nightclubs, as in Her father accused her of bumming around half the night and threatened to cut off her allowance. In the mid-1800s to bum was slang for going on a drinking spree. A century later, with the addition of around, it simply meant going to saloons or clubs.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: be lazy or idle
  Synonyms: bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about