mess around

verb

messed around; messing around; messes around

Definition of mess around

intransitive verb

1 : to waste time : dawdle, idle

2a : associate didn't mess around with gangs

b : flirt, philander

Synonyms More Example Sentences Learn More about mess around

Keep scrolling for more

Examples of mess around in a Sentence

spent the vacation day just messing around a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about mess around

Dictionary Entries near mess around

mess around with (something)

Statistics for mess around

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for mess around

The first known use of mess around was in 1918

See more words from the same year

Comments on mess around

What made you want to look up mess around? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

WORD OF THE DAY

genial

friendly or mild

Test Your Vocabulary

Where in the World? A Quiz

What language does pajama come from?

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ

Dictionary Devil

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ