/ mʌs; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] ( NAmE ) muss sth (up) to make sb's clothes or hair untidy :
Hey, don't muss up my hair!
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (also as a noun in the sense disturbance or row ): apparently a variant of mess .
/ mʌs; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] ( NAmE ) muss sth (up) to make sb's clothes or hair untidy :
Hey, don't muss up my hair!
••
WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (also as a noun in the sense disturbance or row ): apparently a variant of mess .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005