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mess with
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Related Words:
dishevel
collapse
related words >
clutter
,
confuse
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discompose
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
disturb
,
jumble
,
knock galley-west
,
litter
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
muddle
,
muss
,
muss up
,
perturb
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
tousle
,
unsettle
,
upset
dislocate
collapse
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
related words >
clutter
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
disarticulate
,
discompose
,
dishevel
,
disjoint
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
displace
,
disrupt
,
disturb
,
jumble
,
litter
,
luxate
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
mix up
,
muss
,
muss up
,
remove
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
shift
,
ship
,
tousle
,
transfer
,
unhinge
,
unjoint
,
unseat
muss
collapse
make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"
related words >
botch
,
botchery
,
broil
,
clutter
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
donnybrook
,
fracas
,
fray
,
free-for-all
,
hash
,
knock-down-and-drag-out
,
litter
,
melee
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
mix-up
,
muddle
,
mull
,
muss up
,
ruction
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
set-to
,
shambles
,
tousle
dine
collapse
give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"
have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"
related words >
banquet
,
board
,
bread
,
break bread
,
break bread with
,
breakfast
,
cook out
,
dine out
,
dinner
,
eat
,
eat out
,
feast
,
feed
,
fodder
,
forage
,
grass
,
gratify
,
graze
,
lunch
,
meat
,
mess
,
mess with
,
nibble
,
nosh
,
pasture
,
picnic
,
provision
,
regale
,
satisfy
,
sup
,
sustain
,
wine and dine
flub
collapse
related words >
bad job
,
bevue
,
bitch
,
bitch up
,
blow
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bollix
,
bonehead into it
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botch
,
bugger
,
bugger up
,
bungle
,
clumsy performance
,
drop a brick
,
error
,
etourderie
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
foul up
,
fumble
,
gaucherie
,
goof
,
goof up
,
gum up
,
hash
,
hash up
,
louse up
,
mess
,
mess up
,
miscue
,
mistake
,
muff
,
off day
,
sad work
,
screw up
,
slip
,
stumble
,
trip
play around
collapse
commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
related words >
cast coquettish glances
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
eye
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gallivant
,
gold-dig
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
look sweet upon
,
make eyes at
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
ogle
,
philander
,
piddle
,
play
,
play with
,
potter
,
putter
,
run around
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
womanize
mess around
collapse
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
bat out
,
botch
,
bungle
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dash off
,
do anyhow
,
do by halves
,
do carelessly
,
do offhand
,
doodle
,
fake up
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fudge up
,
horn in
,
horse around
,
idle
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
intermeddle
,
jerk off
,
jury-rig
,
kibitz
,
kid around
,
knock off
,
knock out
,
knock together
,
lash up
,
loiter
,
meddle
,
meddle with
,
mess
,
mess with
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
patch
,
patch together
,
patch up
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
pound out
,
pry
,
puddle
,
putter
,
rough out
,
roughcast
,
roughhew
,
slap up
,
smatter
,
snoop
,
tamper
,
tamper with
,
throw off
,
throw together
,
tinker
,
toss off
,
toss out
,
toss together
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trifle with
,
twiddle
,
whomp up
,
womanize
derange
collapse
related words >
afflict
,
clutter
,
craze
,
debilitate
,
dement
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discommode
,
discompose
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
distract
,
disturb
,
drive insane
,
drive mad
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
frenzy
,
hospitalize
,
incapacitate
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
indispose
,
invalid
,
lay up
,
litter
,
mad
,
madden
,
make mad
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
muss
,
muss up
,
perturb
,
reduce
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
send mad
,
shatter
,
sicken
,
tousle
,
turn
,
unbalance
,
unhinge
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
weaken
hell to pay
collapse
dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"
related words >
bind
,
clutch
,
complication
,
crunch
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
hobble
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
sticky wicket
collapse
related words >
bind
,
clutch
,
complication
,
crunch
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
putter
collapse
the iron normally used on the putting green
a golfer who is putting
move around aimlessly
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
diddle
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
waste time
fine kettle of fish
collapse
related words >
bind
,
clutch
,
complication
,
crunch
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
tight spot
collapse
related words >
bind
,
clutch
,
complication
,
crunch
,
cubby
,
cubbyhole
,
doghouse
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hole
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pigeonhole
,
pinch
,
playhouse
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
hodgepodge
collapse
related words >
all sorts
,
arsy-varsiness
,
assemblage
,
assortment
,
broad spectrum
,
clutter
,
collectanea
,
conglomerate
,
conglomeration
,
farrago
,
gallimaufry
,
hash
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hotchpot
,
hotchpotch
,
hysteron proteron
,
jumble
,
litter
,
magpie
,
mash
,
medley
,
melange
,
mess
,
mingle-mangle
,
miscellanea
,
miscellany
,
mishmash
,
mix
,
mixed bag
,
mixture
,
oddments
,
odds and ends
,
olio
,
olla podrida
,
omnium-gatherum
,
pasticcio
,
pastiche
,
patchwork
,
potpourri
,
salad
,
salmagundi
,
sauce
,
scramble
,
stew
,
sundries
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
variety
,
welter
,
what you will
contaminate
collapse
make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
related words >
activate
,
adulterate
,
alloy
,
bastardize
,
befoul
,
benasty
,
canker
,
charge
,
cheapen
,
coarsen
,
confound
,
corrupt
,
cut
,
debase
,
debauch
,
defile
,
deflower
,
degenerate
,
degrade
,
denaturalize
,
denature
,
deprave
,
desecrate
,
despoil
,
devalue
,
dilute
,
dirty
,
disease
,
distort
,
doctor
,
doctor up
,
fortify
,
foul
,
harm
,
infect
,
injure
,
irradiate
,
lace
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misuse
,
nasty
,
pervert
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prostitute
,
radiumize
,
ravage
,
ravish
,
rot
,
soil
,
spike
,
spoil
,
stain
,
sully
,
taint
,
tamper with
,
tarnish
,
twist
,
ulcerate
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
vulgarize
,
warp
,
water
,
water down
louse up
collapse
related words >
ball up
,
bitch
,
bitch up
,
blow
,
bobble
,
bollix
,
bollix up
,
bonehead into it
,
boot
,
bugger
,
bugger up
,
bungle
,
complicate
,
confound
,
confuse
,
cook
,
crab
,
cramp
,
crimp
,
drop a brick
,
drop the ball
,
duff
,
embrangle
,
entangle
,
flub
,
fluff
,
foozle
,
foul up
,
goof
,
goof up
,
gum
,
gum up
,
hash up
,
implicate
,
involve
,
knot
,
mess
,
mess up
,
mix up
,
muck up
,
mucker
,
muddle
,
perplex
,
play hell with
,
play hob with
,
pull a boner
,
queer
,
ramify
,
ravel
,
screw up
,
sink
,
snafu
,
snarl
,
snarl up
,
tangle
mishmash
collapse
related words >
all sorts
,
arsy-varsiness
,
assemblage
,
assortment
,
broad spectrum
,
clutter
,
conglomeration
,
farrago
,
gallimaufry
,
goulash
,
hash
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hodgepodge
,
hotchpot
,
hotchpotch
,
hysteron proteron
,
jumble
,
jungle
,
litter
,
magpie
,
mash
,
medley
,
melange
,
mess
,
mingle-mangle
,
miscellany
,
mix
,
mixed bag
,
mixture
,
muddle
,
odds and ends
,
olio
,
olla podrida
,
omnium gatherum
,
omnium-gatherum
,
pasticcio
,
pastiche
,
patchwork
,
potpourri
,
rummage
,
salad
,
salmagundi
,
sauce
,
scramble
,
stew
,
tangle
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
welter
,
what you will
snafu
collapse
an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up
cause to be in a state of complete confusion
related words >
Chinese puzzle
,
Gordian knot
,
Rube Goldberg contraption
,
anarchic
,
anarchy
,
arsy-varsy
,
ass-backwards
,
ball up
,
balled up
,
bollix
,
bollix up
,
bollixed up
,
bugger
,
bugger up
,
can of worms
,
chaos
,
chaotic
,
complex
,
confound
,
confuse
,
confused
,
confusion
,
cook
,
crab
,
cramp
,
crimp
,
fabulous formless darkness
,
foul up
,
foul-up
,
fouled up
,
fumble
,
galley-west
,
garble
,
gum
,
gum up
,
hash up
,
hassle
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hugger-mugger
,
in a mess
,
jumble
,
jumbled
,
jungle
,
knot
,
labyrinth
,
license
,
louse up
,
maze
,
meander
,
mesh
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misrule
,
mix up
,
mix-up
,
mixed up
,
morass
,
muck up
,
mucked up
,
muddle
,
muddled
,
perplex
,
pi
,
play hell with
,
play hob with
,
queer
,
ravel
,
riffle
,
scattered
,
scramble
,
screw up
,
screw-up
,
screwed up
,
shuffle
,
sink
,
skimble-skamble
,
snake pit
,
snarl
,
snarl up
,
tangle
,
tangled skein
,
topsy-turvy
,
tumble
,
upside-down
,
webwork
,
wheels within wheels
,
wilderness
hot water
collapse
a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"
related words >
Dutch
,
Old Faithful
,
bind
,
boiling water
,
box
,
clutch
,
complication
,
corner
,
crunch
,
deep
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
geyser
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hot spring
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
steam
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
thermae
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
,
vapor
puddle
collapse
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
make a puddle by splashing water
mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
related words >
artificial lake
,
bayou lake
,
chuckhole
,
cistern
,
dam
,
dead water
,
dike
,
doodle
,
etang
,
farm pond
,
fishpond
,
freshwater lake
,
glacial lake
,
hog wallow
,
inland sea
,
lagoon
,
laguna
,
lake
,
lakelet
,
landlocked water
,
linn
,
loblolly
,
loch
,
lough
,
mere
,
mess
,
mess around
,
millpond
,
millpool
,
muckhole
,
mud puddle
,
mudhole
,
nyanza
,
oxbow lake
,
plash
,
pond
,
pondlet
,
pool
,
potter
,
putter
,
reservoir
,
salina
,
salt pond
,
slop
,
slough
,
stagnant water
,
standing water
,
still water
,
sump
,
tank
,
tarn
,
tidal pond
,
tinker
,
volcanic lake
,
water hole
,
water pocket
,
well
twiddle
collapse
a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled her thumbs while waiting for the interview"
related words >
babble
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
come in contact
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
do nothing
,
feel
,
feel of
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget
,
fidget with
,
finger
,
finger with
,
flick
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
gab
,
handle
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
juggle
,
kid around
,
loiter
,
manipulate
,
mess around
,
mess with
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
monkey with
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
ply
,
poke at
,
potter
,
prattle
,
prod
,
putter
,
rattle
,
smatter
,
tap
,
thumb
,
tinker
,
touch
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twirl
,
waste time
,
wield
,
wiggle
,
yak
disarray
collapse
untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
related words >
ataxia
,
chaos
,
clutter
,
derange
,
derangement
,
disarrange
,
disarrangement
,
disarticulation
,
discomfiture
,
discompose
,
discomposure
,
disconcertedness
,
disharmony
,
dishevel
,
dishevelment
,
disintegration
,
disjunction
,
dislocate
,
dismantle
,
disorder
,
disorderliness
,
disorganization
,
disorganize
,
disproportion
,
disrobe
,
disruption
,
disturb
,
disturbance
,
do a strip-tease
,
entropy
,
haphazardness
,
huddle
,
incoherence
,
indiscriminateness
,
inharmonious harmony
,
irregularity
,
jumble
,
litter
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
most admired disorder
,
muddle
,
muss
,
muss up
,
nonsymmetry
,
nonuniformity
,
perturbation
,
promiscuity
,
promiscuousness
,
randomness
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
snarl
,
strip
,
topsy-turviness
,
tousle
,
turbulence
,
unarray
,
uncase
,
unclothe
,
undrape
,
undress
,
unsettle
,
unsymmetry
,
ununiformity
,
upset
disarrange
collapse
disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"
destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"
related words >
agitate
,
beat
,
beat up
,
break
,
break off
,
churn
,
churn up
,
clutter
,
confuse
,
convulse
,
derange
,
disarray
,
disarticulate
,
discompose
,
discontinue
,
dishevel
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
displace
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
excite
,
ferment
,
flurry
,
fret
,
interrupt
,
jumble
,
knock galley-west
,
litter
,
luxate
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
mislay
,
misplace
,
muddle
,
muss
,
muss up
,
overturn
,
paddle
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
replace
,
rile
,
ripple
,
roil
,
roughen
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
shake
,
shake up
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
tousle
,
trouble
,
unhinge
,
unjoint
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
unholy mess
collapse
related words >
arsy-varsiness
,
bind
,
clutch
,
clutter
,
complication
,
crunch
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
farrago
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
hash
,
hell to pay
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hobble
,
hodgepodge
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
hysteron proteron
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
jumble
,
litter
,
mess
,
mishmash
,
mix
,
morass
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
scramble
,
scrape
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
swamp
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tricky spot
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
welter
meddle
collapse
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
advise
,
advocate
,
arrest
,
bottle up
,
brief
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
check
,
coach
,
confer
,
consult with
,
counsel
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
direct
,
fool
,
fool with
,
guide
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
instruct
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
make
,
meddle with
,
mess around
,
mess with
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
obtrude
,
oppose
,
peek
,
peep
,
prescribe
,
propose
,
pry
,
recommend
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snoop
,
snub
,
spy
,
submit
,
suggest
,
suppress
,
tamper
,
tamper with
,
trespass
rumple
collapse
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
related words >
agitate
,
beat
,
beat up
,
bristle
,
churn
,
churn up
,
clutter
,
cocker
,
cockle
,
convulse
,
corrugate
,
corrugation
,
crankle
,
crease
,
crimp
,
crimple
,
crinkle
,
crumple
,
crush
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discompose
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
excite
,
ferment
,
flurry
,
fold
,
fret
,
furrow
,
knit
,
knot
,
litter
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
muss
,
muss up
,
paddle
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pucker
,
purse
,
ridge
,
rile
,
rimple
,
ripple
,
rivel
,
roil
,
roughen
,
ruck
,
ruckle
,
ruffle
,
scatter
,
screw
,
scrunch
,
set on edge
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shirr
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
tousle
,
trouble
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
wimple
,
work up
,
wrinkle
hysteron proteron
collapse
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
related words >
anastrophe
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
arsy-varsiness
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
chiasmus
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
clutter
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
empty words
,
fallacy
,
farrago
,
formal fallacy
,
hash
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hodgepodge
,
hypallage
,
hyperbaton
,
insincere argument
,
jumble
,
litter
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
mess
,
metastasis
,
metathesis
,
mishmash
,
moonshine
,
non sequitur
,
palindrome
,
paralogism
,
parenthesis
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
pseudosyllogism
,
scramble
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
synchysis
,
tmesis
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
verbal fallacy
,
weak point
,
welter
clutter
collapse
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
a confused multitude of things
fill a space in a disorderly way
related words >
a mass of
,
a world of
,
abound with
,
army
,
arsy-varsiness
,
ataxia
,
atmospheric attenuation
,
be alive with
,
bevy
,
blind spots
,
bristle with
,
bunch
,
burst with
,
chaos
,
cloud
,
confusion
,
covey
,
crawl with
,
creep with
,
crowd
,
deflection
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
false echoes
,
farrago
,
flight
,
flock
,
flocks
,
gallimaufry
,
ground clutter
,
hail
,
hash
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hive
,
hodgepodge
,
host
,
huddle
,
hugger-mugger
,
hysteron proteron
,
jam
,
jumble
,
jungle
,
large amount
,
legion
,
litter
,
lots
,
macedoine
,
many
,
mash
,
masses of
,
medley
,
melange
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
mishmash
,
mob
,
muchness
,
muddle
,
multiply
,
multitude
,
muss
,
muss up
,
nest
,
numbers
,
olla podrida
,
overflow with
,
pack
,
plurality
,
pullulate with
,
quantities
,
quite a few
,
refraction
,
rout
,
ruck
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
scores
,
scramble
,
sea clutter
,
shoal
,
shuffle
,
snarl
,
strew
,
superrefraction
,
swarm
,
swarm with
,
tangle
,
teem with
,
throng
,
throng with
,
tidy sum
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tousle
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
welter
,
worlds of
dining room
collapse
a room used for dining
related words >
automat
,
beanery
,
bistro
,
buffet
,
buvette
,
cafe
,
cafeteria
,
canteen
,
cantina
,
chophouse
,
chuck wagon
,
coffee shop
,
coffeehouse
,
coffeeroom
,
commons
,
cookhouse
,
cookshack
,
cookshop
,
diner
,
dinette
,
dining car
,
dining hall
,
dining saloon
,
dog wagon
,
drive-in
,
drive-in restaurant
,
eatery
,
eating house
,
fast-food chain
,
grill
,
grillroom
,
hamburger stand
,
hash house
,
hashery
,
hot-dog stand
,
kitchen
,
lunch counter
,
lunch wagon
,
luncheonette
,
lunchroom
,
mess
,
mess hall
,
messroom
,
pizzeria
,
quick-lunch counter
,
refectory
,
restaurant
,
salle a manger
,
smorgasbord
,
snack bar
,
tavern
,
tearoom
,
trattoria
restaurant
collapse
a building where people go to eat
related words >
automat
,
beanery
,
bistro
,
buffet
,
buvette
,
cafe
,
cafeteria
,
canteen
,
cantina
,
chophouse
,
chuck wagon
,
coffee shop
,
coffeehouse
,
coffeeroom
,
commons
,
cookhouse
,
cookshack
,
cookshop
,
diner
,
dinette
,
dining car
,
dining hall
,
dining room
,
dining saloon
,
dog wagon
,
drive-in
,
drive-in restaurant
,
eatery
,
eating house
,
fast-food chain
,
grill
,
grillroom
,
hamburger stand
,
hash house
,
hashery
,
hot-dog stand
,
kitchen
,
lunch counter
,
lunch wagon
,
luncheonette
,
lunchroom
,
mess
,
mess hall
,
messroom
,
pizzeria
,
quick-lunch counter
,
refectory
,
salle a manger
,
smorgasbord
,
snack bar
,
tavern
,
tearoom
,
trattoria
cafeteria
collapse
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
related words >
automat
,
beanery
,
bistro
,
buffet
,
buvette
,
cafe
,
canteen
,
cantina
,
chophouse
,
chuck wagon
,
coffee shop
,
coffeehouse
,
coffeeroom
,
commons
,
cookhouse
,
cookshack
,
cookshop
,
diner
,
dinette
,
dining car
,
dining hall
,
dining room
,
dining saloon
,
dog wagon
,
drive-in
,
drive-in restaurant
,
eatery
,
eating house
,
fast-food chain
,
grill
,
grillroom
,
hamburger stand
,
hash house
,
hashery
,
hot-dog stand
,
kitchen
,
lunch counter
,
lunch wagon
,
luncheonette
,
lunchroom
,
mess
,
mess hall
,
messroom
,
pizzeria
,
quick-lunch counter
,
refectory
,
restaurant
,
salle a manger
,
smorgasbord
,
snack bar
,
tavern
,
tearoom
,
trattoria
mess hall
collapse
related words >
automat
,
beanery
,
bistro
,
buffet
,
buvette
,
cafe
,
cafeteria
,
canteen
,
cantina
,
chophouse
,
chuck wagon
,
coffee shop
,
coffeehouse
,
coffeeroom
,
commons
,
cookhouse
,
cookshack
,
cookshop
,
diner
,
dinette
,
dining car
,
dining hall
,
dining room
,
dining saloon
,
dog wagon
,
drive-in
,
drive-in restaurant
,
eatery
,
eating house
,
fast-food chain
,
grill
,
grillroom
,
hamburger stand
,
hash house
,
hashery
,
hot-dog stand
,
kitchen
,
lunch counter
,
lunch wagon
,
luncheonette
,
lunchroom
,
mess
,
messroom
,
pizzeria
,
quick-lunch counter
,
refectory
,
restaurant
,
salle a manger
,
smorgasbord
,
snack bar
,
tavern
,
tearoom
,
trattoria
potter
collapse
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
ceramicist
,
ceramist
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dally away
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
doodle
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
enamelist
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
glass cutter
,
glassblower
,
glazer
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
loiter
,
lose time
,
meddle with
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
muddle away
,
pass the time
,
piddle
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter away
,
puddle
,
putter
,
pyroglazer
,
smatter
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trifle away
,
trifle with
,
twiddle
,
waste time
,
while away
sully
collapse
French statesman (1560-1641)
United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
related words >
abuse
,
attaint
,
bedaub
,
befoul
,
benasty
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmutch
,
besoil
,
bespatter
,
betray
,
black
,
blacken
,
blemish
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
brand
,
call names
,
censure
,
contaminate
,
corrupt
,
daub
,
debauch
,
deceive
,
defame
,
defile
,
deflower
,
demoralize
,
denigrate
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
dirty
,
disapprove
,
discolor
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
engage in personalities
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
force
,
foul
,
gibbet
,
hang in effigy
,
heap dirt upon
,
infect
,
lead astray
,
mar
,
mess
,
mess up
,
mislead
,
muckrake
,
nasty
,
pillory
,
pollute
,
rape
,
ravage
,
ravish
,
reprimand
,
revile
,
ruin
,
seduce
,
shame
,
slubber
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smouch
,
smudge
,
smut
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spoil
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigmatize
,
taint
,
tar
,
tarnish
,
throw mud at
,
vilify
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
wreck
tinker
collapse
formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
work as a tinker or tinkerer
related words >
cobble
,
cobbler
,
commission
,
condition
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
darn
,
do up
,
doctor
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fix
,
fix up
,
fixer
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
little Miss Fixit
,
loiter
,
maintenance man
,
mechanic
,
mechanician
,
meddle
,
mend
,
mender
,
mess
,
mess around
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
overhaul
,
patch
,
patch up
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
potter
,
puddle
,
put in commission
,
put in order
,
put in repair
,
put in shape
,
putter
,
ready
,
recap
,
recondition
,
renovator
,
repair
,
repairer
,
repairman
,
restorer
,
retread
,
service
,
serviceman
,
set to rights
,
sew up
,
smatter
,
tinker up
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
trouble man
,
troubleshooter
,
twiddle
welter
collapse
be immersed in; "welter in work"
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
related words >
arsy-varsiness
,
bask
,
bend
,
blunder
,
careen
,
career
,
clutter
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
falter
,
farrago
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
get down
,
grovel
,
hash
,
heave
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hobbyhorse
,
hodgepodge
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
hysteron proteron
,
indulge
,
jumble
,
labor
,
litter
,
lurch
,
luxuriate
,
make heavy weather
,
mess
,
mishmash
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
pitch and toss
,
plunge
,
pound
,
rear
,
reel
,
revel
,
rock
,
roll
,
rollick
,
scend
,
scramble
,
scrouch down
,
seethe
,
shrivel
,
squat
,
stagger
,
stoop
,
strive
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
sway
,
swing
,
thrash about
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
volutation
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
wilt
,
wizen
,
writhe
,
yaw
befoul
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
benasty
,
bespatter
,
bewitch
,
blacken
,
blight
,
condemn
,
contaminate
,
convert
,
corrupt
,
crucify
,
curse
,
damage
,
debase
,
defalcate
,
defame
,
defile
,
denigrate
,
deprave
,
desecrate
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
disadvantage
,
disserve
,
distress
,
divert
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
embezzle
,
envenom
,
foul
,
get into trouble
,
harass
,
harm
,
hex
,
hurt
,
impair
,
infect
,
injure
,
jinx
,
maladminister
,
maltreat
,
menace
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misapply
,
misappropriate
,
misemploy
,
mishandle
,
mismanage
,
mistreat
,
misuse
,
molest
,
nasty
,
outrage
,
peculate
,
persecute
,
pervert
,
pilfer
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
profane
,
prostitute
,
savage
,
scathe
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
spatter
,
sully
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
traduce
,
violate
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wrong
muck
collapse
remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
related words >
amble
,
ammonia
,
begrime
,
bemire
,
bemud
,
besmoke
,
bilge
,
bitch up
,
blow
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
bollix
,
botch
,
bugger up
,
bungle
,
carrion
,
castor-bean meal
,
clay
,
commercial fertilizer
,
compost
,
corruption
,
dandruff
,
debris
,
decay
,
destroy
,
dirt
,
dirty
,
dirty up
,
dressing
,
drift
,
droppings
,
dung
,
dust
,
enrichener
,
entangle
,
excrement
,
feculence
,
fertilizer
,
filth
,
fool around
,
foul matter
,
furfur
,
gangrene
,
garbage
,
glop
,
goo
,
gook
,
goop
,
grime
,
grind
,
grub
,
guano
,
gum up
,
gumbo
,
gunk
,
idle
,
junk
,
linger
,
litter
,
loiter
,
louse up
,
manure
,
mess
,
mess around
,
mess up
,
mire
,
mope
,
mosey
,
muck up
,
mucker
,
mucky
,
mucus
,
mud
,
muddle
,
muddy
,
murk
,
night soil
,
nitrate
,
nitrogen
,
obscenity
,
offal
,
ooze
,
ordure
,
organic fertilizer
,
perplex
,
phosphate
,
plod
,
pus
,
putrid matter
,
ravel
,
rot
,
rubbish
,
ruin
,
screw up
,
scum
,
scurf
,
scuz
,
sewage
,
slab
,
slave
,
slime
,
slip
,
slob
,
slog
,
slop
,
slosh
,
sludge
,
slum
,
slush
,
smirch
,
smoke
,
smooch
,
smudge
,
smut
,
snarl
,
snot
,
soot
,
sordes
,
splosh
,
squash
,
stroll
,
superphosphate
,
swill
,
tangle
,
toil
,
trash
,
waste
,
waste time
,
wreck
imbroglio
collapse
a very embarrassing misunderstanding
an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
related words >
altercation
,
argument
,
bicker
,
bickering
,
bind
,
blood feud
,
brawl
,
broil
,
clutch
,
complication
,
contention
,
controversy
,
crunch
,
dispute
,
donnybrook
,
donnybrook fair
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
embroilment
,
falling-out
,
feud
,
fight
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
fliting
,
fracas
,
fuss
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
jam
,
logomachy
,
mess
,
miff
,
mix
,
morass
,
open quarrel
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
polemic
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quarrel
,
quicksand
,
row
,
scrape
,
sharp words
,
slanging match
,
slough
,
snarl
,
spat
,
spot
,
squabble
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
strife
,
swamp
,
tiff
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
tussle
,
unholy mess
,
vendetta
,
words
,
wrangle
mess up
collapse
related words >
ball up
,
befoul
,
benasty
,
bitch
,
bitch up
,
blur
,
bobble
,
bollix
,
bollix up
,
bonehead into it
,
bugger
,
bugger up
,
clutter
,
complicate
,
confound
,
confuse
,
contaminate
,
cook
,
corrupt
,
damage
,
defile
,
deform
,
derange
,
disarrange
,
disarray
,
discompose
,
dishevel
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
distort
,
disturb
,
drop a brick
,
embrangle
,
entangle
,
flub
,
fog up
,
foul
,
foul up
,
goof
,
goof up
,
gum up
,
hash up
,
implicate
,
infect
,
involve
,
jumble
,
knot
,
litter
,
louse up
,
mar
,
mess
,
misarrange
,
mix up
,
muck
,
muck up
,
mucker
,
muddle
,
muff
,
muss
,
muss up
,
nasty
,
obfuscate
,
obscure
,
perplex
,
play hell with
,
play hob with
,
pollute
,
queer
,
ramify
,
ravel
,
ruffle
,
ruin
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
screw up
,
sink
,
snafu
,
snarl
,
snarl up
,
spoil
,
sully
,
taint
,
tangle
,
tarnish
,
tousle
,
unform
,
unsettle
,
unshape
,
upset
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