messing

Definitions

Engaging in informal or playful activity; fooling around.

Handling or interfering with something in a way that causes disorder or damage.

The act of eating meals, typically in a communal setting.

Examples

Stop messing around and finish your homework before dinner.

I think someone has been messing with the settings on my computer.

Synonyms

fiddling tinkering meddling tampering bungling botching fooling

Antonyms

fixing organizing arranging perfecting tidying mending straightening