muss

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a state of confusion and disorderliness
  • 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.

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 .

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