muss
pronunciation
How to pronounce muss in British English: UK [mʌs]
How to pronounce muss in American English: US [mʌs]
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- Noun:
- a state of confusion and disorderliness
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- Verb:
- make messy or untidy
Word Origin
- muss (v.)
- "to make untidy," 1837, probably a variant of mess in its sense of "disorder." Earlier (1830) as a noun meaning "disturbance." Related: Mussed; mussing.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Sein ( bauch - ) fett wegkriegen , muss also keineswegs zustzlichen stress bedeuten .
- 2. After months of wracking my brains , all I can come up with is : they pretend to cover the head and yet don 't muss the hairdo .