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  • 51mess — 1. noun /mɛs/ a) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to a beast at one time. A mess of pottage. b) A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is… …

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  • 52mess around — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, bat out, botch, bungle, busybody, butt in, coquet, dabble, dally, dash off, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, doodle, fake up, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with,… …

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  • 53mess — {{11}}mess (n.) c.1300, food for one meal, pottage, from O.Fr. mes portion of food, course at dinner, from L.L. missus course at dinner, lit. a placing, a putting (on a table, etc.), from pp. of mittere to put, place, in classical Latin to send,… …

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  • 54mess — I v Associate or mix with. Don t mess (around) with people like that; they will get you in trouble. 1790s II v Bother, annoy. Don t mess with me right now, I m in a bad mood. 1850s III n Bunch, group, a lot of. A mess of kids hang out at Taco s.… …

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  • 55mess — Canadian Slang bother, annoy. Don t mess with me right now, I m in a bad mood …

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  • 56Mess of Me — Single by Switchfoot from the album Hello Hurricane Released September 1, 2009 (Compa …

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  • 57mess — [mes] n. [ME messe < OFr mes < L missus, a course (at a meal), orig. pp. of mittere, to send, put: see MISSION] 1. a portion or quantity of food for a meal or dish 2. a portion of soft or semiliquid food, as porridge 3. unappetizing food;… …

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  • 58mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …

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  • 59mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …

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  • 60Mess (disambiguation) — Mess may refer to: Mount Elizabeth Secondary School, a public secondary school in Kitimat, BC, Canada Mess, the place where military personnel socialise, eat and, in some cases, live Mess night, a formal military dinner. MESS, the Multi Emulator… …

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