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    [Noun]  | "mess" | \ ˈmes \


    1: a quantity of food:

    2: food set on a table at one time

    3: a prepared dish of soft food; also : a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English mes, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin missus course at a meal, from missus, past participle of mittere to put, from Latin, to send {mat|smite|};

    [Noun]  | "mess hall" 


    1: a hall or building (as on an army post) in which mess is served

    Origin: 1821 ;

    [Noun]  | "mess jacket" 


    1: a fitted waist-length man's jacket worn especially as part of a dress uniform

    Origin: 1863 ;

    [Noun]  | "mess kit" 


    1: a compact kit of nested cooking and eating utensils for use by soldiers and campers

    Origin: 1854 ;

    [Verb]  | "mess" 


    1: to provide with meals at a mess

    2: to make dirty or untidy : disarrange —often used with up

    3: to mix up : bungle —often used with up

    Origin: 14th century ;

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    [Verb]  | "mess around" 


    1: to waste time : dawdle, idle

    2: associate

    3: flirt, philander

    Origin: 1918 ;

    [Verb]  | "mess over" 


    1: to treat harshly or unfairly : abuse

    Origin: 1963 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "mess about" 


    1: to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious : to waste time

    2: to have sex with someone who is not one's husband, wife, or regular partner —often + with

    [Idiom]  | "mess about with (something)" 


    1: to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious

    2: to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way

    [Idiom]  | "mess around with (something)" 


    1: to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious

    2: to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way

    [Noun]  | "mess" 


    1: a state in which everything is out of order;


      * e.g., " ... the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess "




    2: food eaten or prepared for eating at one time;


      * e.g., " ... a mess of oatmeal "




    3: something unpleasant to look at;


      * e.g., " ... the car was a mess after the accident "



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    [Verb]  | "mess" 


    1: to interest oneself in what is not one's concern;


      * e.g., " ... please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate "



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    [Verb]  | "mess (up)" 


    1: to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way;


      * e.g., " ... messed up the drawing and had to start over "




    2: to undo the proper order or arrangement of;


      * e.g., " ... a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight "



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    3: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again "



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    [Verb]  | "mess (with)" 


    1: to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously;


      * e.g., " ... please don't mess with the buttons on the camera "



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    [Verb]  | "mess around" 


    1: to spend time in aimless activity;


      * e.g., " ... spent the vacation day just messing around "



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    2: to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun;


      * e.g., " ... a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women "



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    3: to come or be together as friends;


      * e.g., " ... if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them "



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    [Verb]  | "mess over" 


    1: to inflict physical or emotional harm upon;


      * e.g., " ... her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years "



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     [ "mess" ]

    1: You can use the word mess after someone says or does something that's embarrassing, stupid, pathetic, ridiculous, or weird. Honestly can be used after a lot of things. Even sometimes when you don't know what to reply, "mess" might work.

      * e.g.,  ... #1 xtina: I can't believe that ratchet hoe has the same bag as me!! 

     [ "mess" ]

    2: It's so hard to define mess... Mess. Check examples for a better understanding.

      * e.g.,  ... nicki: Mess #2 

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    3: Sometimes has a t at the end. (Messt)

      * e.g.,  ... rus: So yesterday I drunk texted my ex boyfriend 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: When someone is really funny

      * e.g.,  ... If you say something funny someone else may say, "You a mess". 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: An overly clumsy person who seems to have no control over his/her body.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you trip up your heels AGAIN? You're such a mess!!" 

     [ "mess" ]

    1:  to hang out with a person with the intention of getting together and/or date. Term used in the south. to be involved in the period before dating a person.

      * e.g.,  ... They used to mess, but now he with this other chick. 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: to engage in an act of self pleasure

      * e.g.,  ... 'Look at that dirty man messing with himself.' 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: Someone who:

      * e.g.,  ... "You were such a mess last night" 

     [ "mess" ]

    2:  Gets ridiculously drunk

      * e.g.,  ... "I was such a mess last night!" 

     [ "mess" ]

    3:  Gets themselves into awkward situations

      * e.g.,  ... "Seriously, you're number one on the mess chart" 

     [ "mess" ]

    4:  Becomes clumsy, often spilling drinks, breaking things, being sick everywhere

      * e.g.,  ... "How much of a mess was thing last night?" 

     [ "mess" ]

    5:  Sleeps for the next two days to wear off the amount of drink drunk.

      * e.g.,  ... etc 

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    6: Often does this on a regular occassion, sometimes earning the title "mess of the month".

     [ "mess" ]

    7: People sometimes come together to create a "mess chart" depending on how lazy/how much of a mess the person is

     [ "mess" ]

    1: Something not do do with Texas.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't mess with Texas yo. 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: Comes from the South Bay, meaning "to fool around with". Kiss, fondle, make-out, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you and Joe mess last night? 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: someone who eat rustler's burger for breakfast and shagged phycho girl, then went back for seconds

      * e.g.,  ... back for sloppy seconds? mess! 

     [ "mess" ]

    1: a word that means any thing you cant thing of at the time

      * e.g.,  ... fix that mess 

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