mess about

mess about, around

vb (adverb)

1. (intr) to occupy oneself trivially; potter

2. (when intr, often foll by with) to interfere or meddle (with)

3. (intr; sometimes foll by with) Chiefly US to engage in adultery

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

mess about - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" footle, hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" prowl, lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim

Translations

mess about → يَتلخبط blbnout gå og rode herumgammeln περιφέρομαι enredar vetelehtiä faire n’importe quoi baviti se perdere tempo 無為に過ごす 빈들거리다 prutsen rote rundt nic konkretnego nie robić embromar, fingir que está a fazer algo валять дурака spela pajas ฆ่าเวลาโดยการทำอะไรที่ไม่สำคัญ oyalanmak làm việc tào lao 胡闹