Verb: mess about
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
"The high school students like to mess about in the Central Square";
- loiter, lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], hang around, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dillydally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: messing about, messes about, messed about
Type of: wait