messing around

verb

Definition of messing aroundnext
present participle of mess around
1
as in fiddling (around)
to spend time in aimless activity spent the vacation day just messing around

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2
as in flirting
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women

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3
as in travelling
to come or be together as friends if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messing around
  1. flirting
  2. playing
  3. running
  4. connecting
  5. joining
  6. collaborating
Verb
  • The Pacers are flirting with the luxury tax.
    Tony East, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The drama is contagious because Lexi is going after Ciara because Jesse Solomon keeps flirting with her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of flirting
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  • Then something strange happened — the Falcons started playing like one of the best defenses in the league.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Deion Sanders began his NFL career with the Falcons in 1989, also playing baseball for the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves well into the 1990s.
    Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of playing
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  • The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
  • There were also rumors about dysfunction running toward the organization, leading to the firing of Brown.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of running
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  • But Aaron Rodgers connecting on yet another Hail Mary was undoubtedly one of them.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Bird Buddy plans to launch the Petal camera on Kickstarter this spring, continuing their mission of connecting technology with nature in engaging and user-friendly ways.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of connecting
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  • Starbucks workers on Mass Ave walked off the job Tuesday, joining an increasing number of unionized baristas across the country who are going on strike in a labor dispute with the Seattle coffee behemoth.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the Chicago area, workers at nine cafes walked out Tuesday, joining workers at five cafes that have been on strike since Friday, organizers said.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • The two are also not ruling out collaborating with Dream in the future.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One standout moment was collaborating with Kyle De Volle — Rita Ora’s stylist — together with Ora starring in the campaigne, which propelled Charlotte Simone, both as a brand and as an independent designer, into a new stratosphere.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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messing around

messing over

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