meddle

🇺🇸 /ˈmedl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmedl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
intransitive verb
R

to get involved in something that is not your business

He had no right to meddle in her affairs.

R

to touch or handle something in a careless way, especially when it is not yours or when you do not know how to use it correctly

Somebody had been meddling with her computer.

translation

vi. to get involved in something that is not your business; to touch or handle something in a careless way, especially when it is not yours or when you do not know how to use it correctly

Word Forms

3rd Present meddles
Past meddled
Perfect meddled
Progressive meddling