muzz

American

[muhz] / mʌz /

verb (used without object)

to study intensely; grind.

verb (used with object)

to confuse (someone); make (someone) muzzy.

muzz British

/ mʌz /

verb

informal (tr) to make (something) muzzy

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Etymology

Origin of muzz

First recorded in 1765–75; origin obscure; perhaps a back formation from muzzy

Example Sentences

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I'm quite in a muzz, I tell ye.'

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

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