muss 1 /mʌs/ BrE AmE ( also muss up ) verb [transitive] informal especially American English
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Probably from mess ]
to make something untidy, especially someone’s hair:
Briscoe reached down and mussed the boy’s hair.
muss 1 /mʌs/ BrE AmE ( also muss up ) verb [transitive] informal especially American English
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Probably from mess ]
to make something untidy, especially someone’s hair:
Briscoe reached down and mussed the boy’s hair.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012