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Webster 1913 Edition


Muss

Muss

,
Noun.
[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.

Muss

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

Muss

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mussed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mussing
.]
To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple; – often used with
up
;
as, the wind
mussed
up my hair
.
[Colloq. U.S.]

Muss

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Muss

MUSS

,
Noun.
A scramble. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


müss

müss

See also: muss and Muss

Low German

Verb

müss

  1. First-person singular past of möten