muss
a state of disorder or untidiness.
to put into disorder; make messy; rumple (often followed by up).
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How to use muss in a sentence
Dicky catches sight of Duane and guffaws: “Hey, brother, you got coke all over in your muss-tache.”
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band | Grover Lewis | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot a lot of fuss and muss here, just good taste and great songs.
If that Kickapoo doctor with the p'inted muss-tash kin cure yer, I guess I can.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThere'll be a lively muss about the time you do, I reckon, and you'll wish you hadn't.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinHe never failed to reduce the pile to a disreputable-looking muss.
In Nesting Time | Olive Thorne Miller
Was einmal sein muss, wird nie zu frh gethan—What must be can never be too quickly done.
I'm glad I didn't muss myself up this afternoon by hurting that poor mother.
Little Wizard Stories of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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
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