Muss

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muss \Muss\, n.
     A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess,
     but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Muss \Muss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Mussing}.]
     To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple; -- often used with up;
     as, the wind mussed up my hair. [Colloq. U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muss \Muss\, n. [Cf. OE. mus a mouse. See {Mouse}.]
     A term of endearment. [Obs.] See {Mouse}. --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muss \Muss\, n. [Cf. OF. mousche a fly, also, the play called
     muss, fr. L. musca a fly.]
     A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be
     taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muss
       n : a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
           mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: {mess},
            {messiness}, {mussiness}]
       v : make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: {tussle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "muss":
     botch, botchery, broil, clutter, derange, disarrange, disarray,
     dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, donnybrook, fracas,
     fray, free-for-all, hash, knock-down-and-drag-out, litter, melee,
     mess, mess up, misarrange, mix-up, muddle, mull, muss up, ruction,
     ruffle, rumple, scatter, set-to, shambles, tousle