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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUSS, n. A scramble. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1591 1. obsolete a. a game in which players scramble for small objects thrown to the ground b. scramble 2. slang a confused conflict ; row 3. a state of disorder ; mess II. transitive verb Date: 1835 to make untidy ; disarrange

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. US colloq. --v.tr. (often foll. by up) disarrange; throw into disorder. --n. a state of confusion; untidiness, mess. Derivatives: mussy adj. Etymology: app. var. of MESS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Muss Muss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mussing.] To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(musses, mussing, mussed) To muss something, especially someone's hair, or to muss it up, means to make it untidy. (mainly AM) He reached out and mussed my hair... His clothes were all mussed up. VERB: V n, be V-ed up

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Scramble, confused struggle, disorder, state of confusion.

Moby Thesaurus

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