- muss informal,
- muss informal,chiefly N. Amer.verb make untidy or messy.noun a mess or muddle.Derivativesmussy adjectiveOriginC19: appar. a var. of mess.
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muss — informal, chiefly N. Amer. ► VERB ▪ make untidy or messy. ► NOUN ▪ a mess or muddle. ORIGIN apparently a variant of MESS(Cf. ↑mess) … English terms dictionary
muss — UK [mʌs] / US or muss up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms muss : present tense I/you/we/they muss he/she/it musses present participle mussing past tense mussed past participle mussed American informal to make something untidy, especially… … English dictionary
muss up — muss UK [mʌs] / US or muss up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms muss : present tense I/you/we/they muss he/she/it musses present participle mussing past tense mussed past participle mussed American informal to make something untidy, especially … English dictionary
muss|y — «MUHS ee», adjective, muss|i|er, muss|i|est. Informal. untidy; messy; rumpled: »a mussy room … Useful english dictionary
muss — [mus] n. [prob. var. of MESS] 1. Informal a mess; disorder [done without muss or fuss] 2. Dial. a squabble; row; commotion vt. to make messy or disordered; disarrange: often with up … English World dictionary
muss|i|ly — «MUHS uh lee», adverb. Informal. in a mussy manner; messily … Useful english dictionary
muss|i|ness — «MUHS ee nihs», noun. Informal. mussy condition; messiness … Useful english dictionary
muss — muss1 [mʌs] v also muss up [T] informal especially AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from mess] to make something untidy, especially someone s hair ▪ Briscoe reached down and mussed the boy s hair. muss 2 muss2 n no muss, no fuss used to say … Dictionary of contemporary English
muss — n 1.Informal. disorder, disorderliness, disarray, disarrangement, disorganization; dishevelment, untidiness, clutter, mess, heap, huddle; hash, hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble, scramble, tangle; confusion, muddle, Inf. guddle, imbroglio;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
muss — mÊŒs n. lack of order, confusion (Informal) v. cause confusion, cause lack of order (Informal) … English contemporary dictionary
