muss

Plural: musses

Noun

• a state of confusion and disorderliness
  • "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
• type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
• A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder).
• A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
• A term of endearment.

Verb

Verb Forms: mussed, mussing, musses

• To make untidy or disheveled; to mess up.
• make messy or untidy
  • "the child mussed up my hair"
• To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.

Examples

• His opponent tried to MUSS up the board, making it difficult for him to find good plays.
• The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.

Synonyms

genus Mus, mess, messiness, Mus, mussiness, tussle

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