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MUSS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of confusion and disorderliness

Example:

she smoothed the mussiness of the bed

Synonyms:

mess; messiness; muss; mussiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("muss" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Derivation:

muss (make messy or untidy)

mussy (dirty and disorderly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make messy or untidy

Example:

the child mussed up my hair

Synonyms:

muss; tussle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "muss" is one way to...):

disarrange (destroy the arrangement or order of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

muss (a state of confusion and disorderliness)

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