muss

See also: Muss, müss, muß, and Muß

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Etymology 1

Related to mess (“disorder”), which see.

Verb

muss (third-person singular simple present musses, present participle mussing, simple past and past participle mussed)

  1. (transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
Translations

Noun

muss (plural musses)

  1. A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder)
  2. (obsolete) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare Middle English mus (“a mouse”). See mouse.

Noun

muss (plural musses)

  1. (obsolete) A term of endearment.
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Translations

References

  • muss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Verb

muss

  1. First-person singular present of müssen.
  2. Third-person singular present of müssen.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus/

Verb

muss

  1. inflection of mussen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present indicative
    3. third-person singular present indicative
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