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RELATED WORDS : all around around around the bend around the clock arse around beat around the bush bob around boss around bring around bum around bump around cast around circle around clown around come around drive around fool around frig around gang around gather around get around get around to go around go around in circles hang around hang around with horse around jazz around just around the corner kick around kid around knock around lie around loll around look around lounge around mess mess about mess beef mess hall mess jacket mess kit mess of pottage mess up mill around monkey around moon around mope around move around muck around nose around officer's mess pass around play around play around with poke around potter around push around putter around revolve around roll around run around send around sleeping around slosh around slush around spin around splash around stick around swing around the other way around tool around turn around turned around twist around unholy mess walk around waltz around wheel around whirl around

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb mess around has 1 sense

• mess around(v = verb.contact) monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
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Sample sentences:
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THESAURUS

mess around

Paul-Pry, bat out, botch, bungle, busybody, butt in, coquet, dabble, dally, dash off, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, doodle, fake up, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, frivol, fudge up, horn in, horse around, idle, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, jerk off, jury-rig, kibitz, kid around, knock off, knock out, knock together, lash up, loiter, meddle, meddle with, mess, mess with, monkey, monkey around, monkey with, nose, patch, patch together, patch up, piddle, play, play around, play with, potter, pound out, pry, puddle, putter, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, slap up, smatter, snoop, tamper, tamper with, throw off, throw together, tinker, toss off, toss out, toss together, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle with, twiddle, whomp up, womanize

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