Define the word muss"Muss" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Muss \Muss\, n.
A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess,
but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
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"Muss" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Muss \Muss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mussed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mussing.]
To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple; -- often used with up;
as, the wind mussed up my hair. [Colloq. U.S.]
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"Muss" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Muss \Muss\, n. [Cf. OE. mus a mouse. See Mouse.]
A term of endearment. [Obs.] See Mouse. --B. Jonson.
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"Muss" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Muss \Muss\, n. [Cf. OF. mousche a fly, also, the play called
muss, fr. L. musca a fly.]
A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be
taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
--Shak.
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"muss" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
muss
n : a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess,
messiness, mussiness]
v : make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: tussle]
"muss" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "muss":
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
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