I.about [美 əˈbaʊt, 英 əˈbaʊt]副about often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (fool about, knock about, move about, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (fool, knock, move, etc)
Indeed, many of the articles found on this very website bandy about horsepower figures and zero to 100 kilometre an hour acceleration times like gospel from the mount.