muss
noun
a state of disorder or untidiness.
have mussed
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present perfectof muss.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It was as if her mind were a crisp dress with ribbons which she hated to have mussed or disarranged.
From Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer
“They must have mussed the room up quite a lot in that time,” said the lieutenant, hoping to bring the editor to the point in which he was interested.
From Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
The children have mussed up the table pretty well, and they'd take his appetite away with their eyes.
From Sunny Boy in the Big City by Charles L. (Charles Lewis) Wrenn
"Just see how you have mussed my hair!"
From Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Stanford Eveleth
She tried to make Lloyd do a turn, but he wouldn't, though I'd have liked to have mussed him up a bit.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by George Gibbs
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