muss

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noun

  1. Informal a mess; disorder: done without muss or fuss
  2. Dialectal a squabble; row; commotion

Origin: prob. var. of mess

transitive verb

to make messy or disordered; disarrange: often with up

See muss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb mussed, muss·ing, muss·es
To make messy or untidy; rumple.
noun
A state of disorder; a mess.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of mess

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Related Forms:

  • mussˈi·ly adverb
  • mussˈi·ness noun
  • mussˈy adjective

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