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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muss  \Muss\,  n. 
  A  state  of  confusion  or  disorder;  --  prob.  variant  of  mess, 
  but  influenced  by  muss,  a  scramble.  [Colloq.  U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muss  \Muss\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mussed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mussing}.] 
  To  disarrange,  as  clothing;  to  rumple.  [Colloq.  U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muss  \Muss\,  n.  [Cf.  OE  mus  a  mouse.  See  {Mouse}.] 
  A  term  of  endearment.  [Obs.]  See  {Mouse}.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




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