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Messing

(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.

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📖 Definitions of "Messing"

verb

1
(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
2
(transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.
3
To interfere.
"This doesn't concern you. Don't mess."
4
(used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to.
"Stop messing with me!"

verb

1
To take meals with a mess.
2
To belong to a mess.
3
To eat (with others).
"I mess with the wardroom officers."
4
To supply with a mess.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Messing"

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Word	Definition
mess upverb	(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
muddleverb	To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
kettle of fishnoun	(idiomatic) An awkward situation.
messinessnoun	The property of being messy.
mussverb	(transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
mussinessnoun	The quality of being mussy.
wadverb	To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
heapverb	(transitive) To pile in a heap.
muckleverb	(Vermont, Maine) To latch onto something with the mouth.
micklenoun	(archaic, now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, especially Northumbria) (Very) great or large.
plentynoun	A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude.
slewverb	(transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
great dealnoun	(idiomatic, usually singular) Large number, amount, or extent; profusion.
sightverb	(transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
lotverb	(transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
pileverb	(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
dealverb	(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
massverb	(ergative) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.
spateverb	(transitive) To (suddenly) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse) with water.