Mess Around (Verb)
Meaning
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- They spent the entire weekend messing around in the garage, fixing up old bikes and broken appliances.
- In the summer holidays, we would mess around by the river, catching fish and swimming in the shallows.
- He's been messing around with that old engine for months, but still can't get it running.
- She loves to mess around in the kitchen, trying out new recipes and experimenting with different flavors.
- When they were kids, they used to mess around in the woods, building treehouses and having adventures.