ALL meanings of mess around
mess a·round
M m - intransitivephrasal verb mess around be frivolous 1
- intransitivephrasal verb mess around be unproductive 1
- intransitivephrasal verb mess around tamper, play with 1
- intransitivephrasal verb mess around spoil by fussing 1
- intransitivephrasal verb mess around tease 1
- intransitivephrasal verb mess around have an affair 1
- transitivephrasal verb mess around treat disrespectfully 1
- noun mess around a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. 1
- noun mess around a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered. 1
- noun mess around a state of embarrassing confusion: My affairs are in a mess. 1
- noun mess around an unpleasant or difficult situation: She got into a mess driving without a license. 1
- noun mess around a dirty or untidy mass, litter, or jumble: a mess of papers. 1
- noun mess around a group regularly taking their meals together. 1
- noun mess around the meal so taken. 1
- noun mess around mess hall. 1
- noun mess around Naval. messroom. 1
- noun mess around a quantity of food sufficient for a dish or a single occasion: to pick a mess of sweet corn for dinner. 1
- noun mess around a sloppy or unappetizing preparation of food. 1
- noun mess around a dish or quantity of soft or liquid food: to cook up a nice mess of pottage. 1
- noun mess around a person whose life or affairs are in a state of confusion, especially a person with a confused or disorganized moral or psychological outlook. 1
- verb with object mess around to make dirty or untidy (often followed by up): Don't mess the room. 1
- verb with object mess around to make a mess or muddle of (affairs, responsibilities, etc.) (often followed by up): They messed the deal. 1
- verb with object mess around to supply with meals, as military personnel. 1
- verb with object mess around to treat roughly; beat up (usually followed by up): The gang messed him up. 1
- verb without object mess around to eat in company, especially as a member of a mess. 1
- verb without object mess around to make a dirty or untidy mess. 1
- phrasal verb mess around If you mess around or mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything. 0
- phrasal verb mess around If you say that someone is messing around with or messing about with something, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way. 0
- phrasal verb mess around If someone is messing around or messing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way. 0
- phrasal verb mess around If you mess someone around or mess them about, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them. 0
- noun mess around to be busy in a desultory way; putter around 0
- noun mess around to become involved (with) 0