noun
definition
A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder)
definition
A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
verb
definition
To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
Examples of muss in a Sentence
Like the Hollywood ' do n't muss the make-up dahling ' greeting that celebrities exchange for the benefit of the photographers.
At Tubingen he lived as student and teacher for six years, until on Reuchlin's advice, the elector of Saxony called him to Wittenberg as professor of Greek in 1518.1 Her character is evidenced by the familiar proverb Wer mehr will verzehren Denn sein Pflug kann erehren, Der muss zuletzt verderben Und vielleicht am Galgen sterben of which Melanchthon said to his students "Didici hoc a mea matre, vos etiam observate."
These legends should perhaps be interpreted as pointing to a black snake ailed muss being those most dreaded.