Definition of Mess about

1. Verb. Be about. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

Exact synonyms: Footle, Hang Around, Lallygag, Linger, Loaf, Loiter, Lollygag, Lounge, Lurk, Mill About, Mill Around, Tarry
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Lurch, Prowl
Derivative terms: Lingerer, Loiterer, Lounger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mess About

mesozoans
mesozoic
mesprise
mesprises
mesprize
mesprizes
mesquin
mesquine
mesquit
mesquite
mesquite gum
mesquites
mesquits
mess-up
mess about (current term)
mess dress
mess hall
mess halls
mess jacket
mess jackets
mess kit
mess kits
mess of pottage
mess tent
mess up
mess with
message
message board

Literary usage of Mess about

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"... has had enough of a thing, been served a fine trick; be done for, be in for it, &c.; be in trouble about a thing, be in a mess about it. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"mess about, v.—A term of common use, but difficult to define: as " I've been doctoring and messing about wi' her ; " " They've sell'd and messed about; ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"mess about, v.—A term of common use, but difficult to define : as " I've been doctoring and messing about wi' her ; " " They've sell'd and messed about ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"But he got himself into a mess about the police and the magistrates before he had done, and nothing but the kindly feeling always shown to a first effort ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... 7 or 8 ft during the last month before sending to market It is advisable to mix with the cooled mess about 2 ounces of salt per diem for each bullock. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and may rise to 7 or 8 ft during the last month before sending to market It is advisable to mix with the cooked mess about 2 ounces of salt per diem for ..."

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