Meanings
present singular third person messes with · participle present messing with · participle past messed with · past messed with
- colloquialTo interfere with.
Don't mess with the controls. I just got everything adjusted correctly.
1 more example
This is what you get / When you mess with us
1997, “Karma Police”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead - colloquialespecially African-American VernacularTo admire, enjoy, or approve of.
You know I mess with you heavy.
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He reaches out to me on Instagram like "yo, I mess with you super heavy. I'm down in Allentown, PA - I heard this song 'No Regrets'. It's super crazy, shit gives me the chills. I got a proposal for you. Give me 6 months to get you a deal and we'll see if we can make a management situation happen. If I can't do this 6 months, then fuck it, But I want to see you in a better position because your music’s amazing, its real."
2021 July 9, Huey V (quoted), Shirley Ju, “Meet Huey V | Next up out of Milwaukee's Rap Scene”, in Flaunt Magazine, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022 - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mess, with. To eat with.
Resolved 18. That no Guide or Interpreter whether at the Factory Depot or Inland be permitted to mess with Commissioned Gentlemen or Clerks in charge of Posts; but while at the Depot they will be allowed per Week 4 days ordinary rations […]
1836, George Simpson & al., HBC Standing Rules and Regulations, §18Synonyms: fuck with, play the devil with
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo diss; to put down.
verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mess, with. To eat with.
Translations
Dutch kutten
- kuttento joke with
Finnish touhuilla, temppuilla
- touhuillato interfere with
- temppuillato interfere with
- sählätäto interfere with
- parjatato diss
- pelleilläto joke with
- pilaillato joke with
- vitsaillato joke with
French chercher
- chercherto diss
German verarschen
- verarschento joke with
Icelandic blanda sér í, abbast
- blanda sér íto interfere with
- abbastto diss
- abbast upp áto diss
- fíflast íto joke with
Norwegian søle med, søle med
- søle medto interfere with
- søle medto diss
- søle medto joke with
Romanian prosti, pune
- prostito interfere with
- puneto diss
- lua la miștoto joke with
Slovak babrať, zhadzovať
- babraťto interfere with
- zhadzovaťto diss
- doberať sito joke with
- uťahovať sito joke with
Spanish meterse con, meterse con
- meterse conto interfere with
- meterse conto diss
- huevearto joke with
- bromear conto joke with
- tener una relación seria conto admire, enjoy, or approve of
- tomar(se) en serio la / su relación conto admire, enjoy, or approve of
Swedish driva med
- driva medto joke with
Tamil கலாய்
- கலாய் (kalāy)to joke with
Turkish kurcalamak, oynamak
- kurcalamakto interfere with
- oynamakto interfere with
- uğraşmakto interfere with
- bulaşmakto diss
- sataşmakto diss
- şakalaşmakto joke with
- takılmakto joke with
Cite this entry
mess with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mess%20with
“mess with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mess%20with. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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