What does "muss" mean?
Muss: A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 3.To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 4.A term of endearment. [Obs.] See Mouse. B. Jonson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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