muss
a state of disorder or untidiness.
to put into disorder; make messy; rumple (often followed by up).
Origin of muss
1Other words for muss
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How to use muss in a sentence
I like a stirring man, (not one who stirs up musses,) but one who haz got sumthing tew dew and duz it.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler ShawHe won't be in Exeter over Sunday, and won't want it to go to meetin', and it musses it up so to put it in a valise.
The Pot of Gold | Mary E. WilkinsHe had always kept out of such musses, and he knew it was violating Federal law to be a filibuster.
The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories | Charles Weathers BumpYou see, she musses up feelings with argument which generally confuse the issue.
The Heart of Unaga | Ridgwell CullumYes, but mine is all made up in some form or other, and it musses one's things so to pick them to pieces.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for muss
/ (mʌs) US and Canadian informal /
(tr often foll by up) to make untidy; rumple
a state of disorder; muddle
Origin of muss
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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