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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

Muss

Muss

See also: muss, müss, muß, and Muß

German

Alternative forms

Noun

Muss n ‎(genitive Muss, no plural)

  1. necessity, a must

Declension

muss

muss

See also: Muss, müss, muß, and Muß

English

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊs/
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Verb

muss

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

Etymology

Substantivization of muss ‎(“must”), third-person singular present indicative of müssen ‎(“to have to”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊs]
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

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