mess around with (someone or something)

1. To tinker or fiddle with something. Hey, don't mess around with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees. Grandpa's still messing around with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again.

2. To test or use something in order to learn more about it. I'm messing around with a different platform for my blog, and I can't decide if I like it or not.

3. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting with someone or something; to fool around with someone or something. Quit messing around with the dog and work on your book report already, Scotty!

4. To tease or play a prank on someone, often by trying to get them to believe something that is not true. Come on, stop messing around with me. There's no such thing as ghosts.

5. To engage in casual sex acts with someone. Betsy and I are just messing around with each other, which is great because I don't want a serious relationship anyway.

mess around (with someone)

and mess about (with someone) and monkey around (with someone)

1. in. to play with someone sexually. Those two have been messing around. He started monkeying around, so I got out of the car.

2. in. to waste someone’s time. Don’t mess around with me. Just answer the question, if you please.

3. in. to waste time with someone else. I was messing around with John.

mess around (with something) mess about (with something)

and monkey around (with something)

in. to play with or fiddle with something. You’ll break it if you don’t stop monkeying around with it.

mess around with something mess about with something

verb

See mess around with something mess about with something

词组	mess around with (someone or something)
释义	mess around with (someone or something) mess around with (someone or something) 1. To tinker or fiddle with something. Hey, don't mess around with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees. Grandpa's still messing around with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again. 2. To test or use something in order to learn more about it. I'm messing around with a different platform for my blog, and I can't decide if I like it or not. 3. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting with someone or something; to fool around with someone or something. Quit messing around with the dog and work on your book report already, Scotty! 4. To tease or play a prank on someone, often by trying to get them to believe something that is not true. Come on, stop messing around with me. There's no such thing as ghosts. 5. To engage in casual sex acts with someone. Betsy and I are just messing around with each other, which is great because I don't want a serious relationship anyway. See also: around, mess Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. mess around (with someone) and mess about (with someone) and monkey around (with someone) 1. in. to play with someone sexually. Those two have been messing around. He started monkeying around, so I got out of the car. 2. in. to waste someone’s time. Don’t mess around with me. Just answer the question, if you please. 3. in. to waste time with someone else. I was messing around with John. See also: around, mess, someone mess around (with something) mess about (with something) and monkey around (with something) in. to play with or fiddle with something. You’ll break it if you don’t stop monkeying around with it. See also: around, mess, something mess around with something mess about with something verb See mess around with something mess about with something See also: around, mess, something McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: find way around around (one's) ears get (someone) around the table get around the table gaze around at (someone or something) fish around feel around feel around (for someone or something) crowd around crowd around (someone or something)
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