Muss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Muss	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Muss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muss n a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" Synonym(s): mess, messiness, muss, mussiness v make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: muss, tussle]
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 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.]