A portable version of a saucepan, part of a mess kit.

A double-breasted jacket, part of mess kit.

(informal) The state or condition of being messed-up.

(juggling) A pattern, usually done with three balls, which consists of throwing and catching each prop under one's non-throwing arm.

plural of mess jacket

(juggling) A pattern which consists of throwing each prop straight up whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.

plural of mess hall

(obsolete) A domestic chaplain.

plural of Mess-John

(intransitive) To misbehave / (intransitive) To be in a casual non-committal relationship / (transitive) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).