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What is another word for
mess about
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▲
To behave in a foolish or comical manner
To behave badly, mischievously, or in an overemotional way
To toy with
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
Have a casual romantic liaison with
Shilly-shally
To do nothing much, or to engage in frivolous activities
To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully
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▲
Verb
▲
To behave in a foolish or comical manner
joke
clown
jest
fool around
clown around
horse around
lark about
play the fool
be silly
play for laughs
mess around
act the goat
act the jennet
act the maggot
fool about
muck about
footle around
footle about
play the giddy goat
muck around
lark around
play the goat
monkey around
horse about
act the fool
act the clown
monkey about
indulge in horseplay
lark
play around
act crazy
play about
kid around
cut up
joke around
have fun
engage in high jinks
play tricks
act foolishly
act the giddy goat
goof around
clown about
play pranks
fanny about
fanny around
puddle around
puddle about
screw around
have a laugh
have a lark
goof off
kid
pull one's leg
josh
tease
prat about
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Verb
▲
To behave badly, mischievously, or in an overemotional way
carry on
misbehave
behave badly
make mischief
act up
be bad
be mischievous
be naughty
cause trouble
act foolishly
cause a commotion
cause a fuss
clown about
clown around
create
fool about
fool around
mess around
act the clown
act the fool
act the goat
get up to mischief
muck about
muck around
play up
be up to no good
get up to no good
be indecorous
lose it
act badly
forget oneself
misconduct oneself
give someone trouble
play around
sin
trespass
transgress
lapse
fall
offend
stray
wander
go wrong
deviate
degenerate
do wrong
be out of order
fall from grace
go astray
err
blot your copybook
futz
footle
lollygag
clown
idle
horse around
fiddle around
fiddle about
philander
dally
commit adultery
be involved
have an affair
play away
have a fling
be misbehaved
make trouble
be disobedient
get into mischief
stir the pot
be insubordinate
bend the law
be reprehensible
be bad-mannered
be guilty of misconduct
stir up trouble
act out
be out of line
act improperly
disobey
misconduct
roughhouse
be awkward
show poor manners
rebel
take a wrong turn
be at fault
be rude
do evil
show bad manners
be immoral
sow wild oats
be guilty
raise Cain
run riot
be dissolute
be difficult
give trouble
be stroppy
be bolshie
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Verb
▲
To toy with
trifle with
dally with
flirt with
play with
toy with
treat casually
treat frivolously
treat lightly
amuse oneself with
mess around
palter with
sport with
wanton with
treat in a cavalier fashion
play ducks and drakes with
play fast and loose with
fool with
Verb
▲
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
fool
jest
joke
kid
act
fake
feign
pretend
sham
banter
chaff
fun
gag
jape
jive
jolly
josh
mess
quip
tease
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
counterfeit
clown about
clown around
play tricks
make believe
mess around
play the fool
put on an act
have on
muck around
muck someone about
wind up
rib
deride
razz
mock
taunt
gambol
frolic
ride
hoax
rally
roast
ridicule
fool around
fool about
shuck
rot someone
put someone on
play a joke
pull someone's leg
pull someone's chain
play a prank
play a trick
pull one's leg
play a practical joke
make a monkey out of
make fun of
rag
take the mickey
jibe
twit
poke fun at
spoof
pun
needle
sally
retort
jeer
gibe
satirize
US
satirise
UK
make sport of
tell stories
remark
slang
set up
have a joke on somebody
have a laugh
have a joke with
be facetious
tell jokes
hoodwink
dupe
delude
deceive
trick
beguile
cozen
con
gull
bamboozle
crack wise
bother
mislead
take in
flimflam
mimic
send up
jibe at
guy
make jokes about
amuse
jeer at
flip
quiz
lampoon
laugh at
divert
laugh
caricature
be sarcastic about
parody
make a monkey of
scoff at
goof on
poke mullock at
entertain
prank
haze
smoke
rag on
sling off at
yank someone's chain
play a joke on
play a practical joke on
get a rise out of
take a rise out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
tinker
monkey
play
toy
dabble
fiddle
fiddle with
meddle
play with
potter
trifle with
dally with
toy with
adjust slightly
dabble with
doodle
fix
interfere
interfere with
meddle with
mend
mess
muck about
niggle
play about with
play around with
puddle
putter
repair
tamper
tamper with
try to improve
try to mend
work amateurishly on
fool about with
fool around with
potter about with
fool around
mess about with
mess around
mess around with
mess with
monkey around
muck about with
muck around with
put right
take apart
tinker at the edges of
tinker with the edges of
play around
rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
bumble
trifle
touch
feel
handle
fool
finger
paw
thumb
fuss
twiddle
fool about
pick at
fool with
monkey with
experiment
tinker with
fidget
flirt
adjust
frivol
play games with
amuse oneself
poke
wink at
twirl
jiggle
play about
touch without permission
handle without permission
swivel
wiggle
turn
juggle
twist
move
fidget with
dabble in
scratch the surface
dip into
experiment with
expose yourself to
play at
amuse oneself with
potter around with
muck around
potter about
potter round with
flirt with
work superficially
stroke
caress
maul
fondle
rub
manipulate
grab
palpate
manhandle
pull
grope
twiddle with
put one's hands on
lay a finger on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
tamper
interfere
meddle
tinker
fiddle
alter
change
dabble
damage
doctor
monkey around
toy
trifle
adjust
deface
harm
vandalise
UK
vandalize
US
fiddle about
fiddle around
fool about
fool around
play about
play around
ruin
busybody
cook
cut
destroy
diversify
fool
interlope
interpose
intrude
irrigate
manipulate
mess around
muck about
plant
spike
vary
water
do damage to
do mischief to
muck around
butt in
fiddle with
fool with
horn in
monkey with
phony up
mess around with
poke one's nose into
play
monkey about
twiddle
fidget
mess
pry
intermeddle
obtrude
nose
snoop
poke
stick your nose in
mess with
poke your nose in
encroach
intervene
enquire
UK
inquire
US
barge in
put your two cents in
meddle in
infringe
impose
mix in
be nosy about
stick your oar in
be a busybody
nose into
interfere in
intrude on
monkey
interrupt
invade
impede
kibitz
hinder
trespass
encumber
advance
molest
peek
stickybeak
intercede
nosy
bother
sidewalk-superintend
muscle in
mouse
enquire impertinently
push in
poke around
abuse rights
break in on
dabble in
inquire impertinently
chime in
mind someone else's business
crash the gates
encroach on
poke about
be inquisitive
worm in
be curious
be nosy
come uninvited
poke into
examine
inspect
finger
nose around
bug
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
interject
disturb
pester
chisel in
touch without permission
cut in
burst in
poke one's face in
handle without permission
break in
charge in
get into the act
peer
spy
peep
stick one's nose into
interfere with
be inquisitive about
meddle with
do some detective work
frivol
flirt
intermediate
gatecrash
butt into
impose oneself on
muscle in on
pry into
intercede in
kibitz on
entrench on
horn in on
get involved
barge into
get involved in
impinge on
step in
intervene in
intrude into
tamper with
trifle with
play at
experiment
toy with
play games with
amuse oneself with
dally with
potter around with
amuse oneself
play with
potter about
tinker with
potter round with
potter about with
flirt with
work superficially
thrust
gossip
stir
put your oar in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Have a casual romantic liaison with
dally
flirt
trifle
woo
coquet
coquette
frivol
philander
play
seduce
tinker
toy
mess around
womanise
UK
womanize
US
amuse oneself
court
carry on
play around
play fast and loose
dally with
philander with
trifle with
be all over
hit on
come on to
fool around
monkey around
caper
frolic
romp
cavort
gambol
sport
lark
skylark
rollick
have fun
fool about
frisk
swing
doodle
disport
fribble
fool
lark around
hang about
disport oneself
goof around
putter around
potter around
fiddle around
lark about
kick around
jape
make mischief
play the field
screw around
muck about
clown around
have an affair
sleep around
monkey about
play away
indulge in horseplay
clown about
fiddle about
hang around
act the fool
wander
stray
fanny about
act the goat
footle about
play tricks
footle around
muck around
fanny around
play up
act the giddy goat
toy with someone's affections
trifle with someone's affections
have affairs affair
have affairs
be a man-eater
trick
wind up
commit adultery
rest
relax
revel
recreate
carouse
entertain oneself
jump
fiddle
rejoice
joke
divert
occupy oneself
kid
clown
jest
amuse yourself
horse around
make merry
enjoy oneself
play games
have a good time
divert oneself
let loose
idle away
let go
cut capers
be at leisure
go on a spree
cut up
engage in games
be life of party
enjoy yourself
let your hair down
kick up one's heels
more ❯
Verb
▲
Shilly-shally
faff about
hesitate
waver
vacillate
shilly-shally
faff around
falter
teeter
haver
procrastinate
fluctuate
swither
oscillate
dawdle
dally
stagger
wobble
balance
hang back
wabble
stall
temporize
US
scruple
halt
delay
blow hot and cold
dither
be ambivalent
pussyfoot around
waste time
be unsure
be indecisive
sit on the fence
hum and haw
be in two minds
temporise
UK
be undecided
shillyshally
dilly-dally
Verb
▲
To do nothing much, or to engage in frivolous activities
potter
fiddle
lollygag
fanny
fritter
footle
fribble
mess
muck
piddle
puddle
tinker
fiddle about
fiddle around
potter about
potter around
fanny about
fanny around
footle about
mess around
muck about
muck around
piddle about
piddle around
footle around
puddle about
puddle around
tinker about
tinker around
amuse oneself
do nothing much
Verb
▲
To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully
footle
lounge
laze
loaf
idle
loll
dawdle
dally
lazy
bum
chill
dillydally
drone
potter
futz
hang about
kick around
goof off
kick back
veg out
hack around
hang around
hang out
fiddle around
mess around
fool around
loiter
kill time
waste time
relax
take it easy
lounge around
lollygag
vegetate
pass time
lie around
twiddle thumbs
do nothing
bum around
sit around
fritter away
fritter
stall
trifle
slack
skive
goldbrick
fritter away time
slow down
be inactive
hang round
loll around
drift
mooch
languish
saunter
unwind
piddle
malinger
stagnate
while away the time
muck about
amuse oneself
fanny about
laze around
be slothful
knock around
mooch around
stand around
be unoccupied
fiddle about
not lift a finger
while away hours
loaf about
lounge about
piddle around
loll about
piddle about
mooch about
loaf around
mark time
lie about
kick your heels
be indolent
vacillate
hang
drone away
remain
wait
linger
stay
haunt
frequent
hover
lie dormant
lie
fritter time away
amble
moon
wander
stooge
droop
daydream
veg
bat
meander
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
consume time
sit on one's hands
idle away the hours
doss
bask
chillax
rest
while
slouch
fool away
while away the hours
degenerate
slummock
moulder
UK
bludge
molder
US
take five
take a break
hang loose
take a breather
put your feet up
chill out
bat back and forth
lay on one's oars
slouch about
bat about
bob off
slouch around
sit back
go to seed
sit back and do nothing
while away
laze about
bat around
rest on your oars
clown
fool about
horse around
play around
act the fool
fiddle
fanny
muck
fribble
mess
puddle
tinker
do nothing much
footle about
potter around
footle around
muck around
fanny around
puddle around
tinker around
potter about
tinker about
puddle about
stroll
shirk
evade
dream
shirk one's duties
take things easy
let down
be idle
repose
luxuriate
flop
de-stress
unbend
slump
ease off
wind down
slack off
ease up
be at leisure
take time off
loosen up
play
recline
entertain oneself
enjoy oneself
stay loose
mellow out
take time out
have a break
cool off
take your ease
make yourself at home
let it all hang out
pause
unbutton
slacken
let up
decompress
outspan
stand down
switch off
lie down
let yourself go
be calm
settle back
stop work
let your hair down
take ten
have a rest
kick about
spend time
knock about
calm down
recess
do nothing in particular
refresh
break
have a breather
suspend proceedings
stop briefly
have time out
sleep
doze
nap
snooze
drowse
unlax
groove
lollop
slumber
take one's time
knock off
simmer down
compose oneself
breathe easy
collect oneself
make less tense
lighten up
feel at home
take one's leisure
turn off
catnap
zizz
kip
be comfortable
lie still
have a snooze
have a nap
catch some Zs
have a siesta
go to bed
recharge one's batteries
lie by
be at ease
snatch forty winks
have forty winks
stretch out
sit down
get some kip
take a siesta
take a nap
take life easy
get some shut-eye
nod off
refresh oneself
have a kip
have a spell
take a rest
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