Associations to the word «Mess»

MESS, noun. (obsolete) Mass; church service.

MESS, noun. 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 an animal at one time.

MESS, noun. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.

MESS, noun. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).

MESS, noun. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.

MESS, verb. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.

MESS, verb. (intransitive) To belong to a mess.

MESS, verb. (intransitive) To eat (with others).

MESS, verb. (transitive) To supply with a mess.

MESS, noun. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.

MESS, noun. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.

MESS, noun. (euphemistic) Excrement.

MESS, verb. (transitive) To make a mess of.

MESS, verb. (transitive) To throw into confusion.

MESS, verb. (intransitive) To interfere.

MESS ABOUT, verb. (intransitive) To misbehave

MESS ABOUT, verb. (intransitive) To be in a casual non-committal relationship

MESS ABOUT, verb. (transitive) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).

MESS AROUND, verb. (idiomatic) To fiddle idly.

MESS AROUND, verb. (idiomatic) To joke, kid, or play.

MESS AROUND, verb. (idiomatic) To have a sexual relationship, especially one which is non-commital.

MESS BEEF, noun. Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.

MESS DRESS, noun. Mess kit (military uniform)

MESS HALL, noun. (US): A military dining room or building on an army or marine base.

MESS HALLS, noun. Plural of mess hall

MESS JACKET, noun. A double-breasted jacket, part of mess kit.

MESS JACKETS, noun. Plural of mess jacket

MESS KIT, noun. A compact set of eating utensils (including plate, cup, utensils) and sometimes cooking pots etc, used in the field by soldiers and by campers.

MESS KIT, noun. (military) A formal uniform, worn for occasions such as mess dinners.

MESS KITS, noun. Plural of mess kit

MESS OF POTTAGE, noun. (idiomatic) Something of trivial value, especially of immediate value.

MESS TENT, noun. A tent used to shelter people eating in a group, especially in a military or working setting.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

MESS UP, verb. (intransitive) To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) To damage; injure.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) (slang) To manhandle; beat up; rough up.

MESS UP, verb. (transitive) (slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.

MESS WITH, verb. (idiomatic) to interfere with

MESS WITH, verb. (idiomatic) to diss; to put down

MESS WITH, verb. (idiomatic) to joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner

MESS, noun. A state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed".

MESS, noun. Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage".

MESS, noun. Soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge".

MESS, noun. A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel.

MESS, noun. A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax.

MESS, noun. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money".

MESS, verb. Eat in a mess hall.

MESS, verb. Make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room".