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Synonyms & Antonyms of mess around
1
to spend time in aimless activity
- spent the vacation day just messing around
Synonyms for mess around
- doodle,
- fiddle (around),
- fool around,
- fribble,
- goof (around),
- hang about
- [British],
- kick around,
- monkey (around),
- play,
- potter (around),
- putter (around),
- trifle
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2
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
- a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
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3
to come or be together as friends
- if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them
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The first known use of mess around was in 1918
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