mess with (English, verb)
expansion: mess with (third-person singular simple present messes with, present participle messing with, simple past and past participle messed with)
Senses:
glosses: To interfere with.
tags: colloquial
glosses: To diss; to put down.
tags: colloquial
glosses: To joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner.
tags: colloquial
qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
glosses: To admire, enjoy, or approve of.
tags: colloquial
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mess, with. To eat with.
Forms:
form: messes with
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: messing with
tags: participle
present
form: messed with
tags: participle
past
form: messed with
tags: past