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muss

  [muhs]
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–noun
1. a state of disorder or untidiness.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put into disorder; make messy; rumple (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1820–30; perh. b. mess and fuss

Synonyms:
2. mess, disturb, tangle, bedraggle.
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muss   (mŭs)   
tr.v.   mussed, muss·ing, muss·es
To make messy or untidy; rumple.
n.  A state of disorder; a mess.

[Probably alteration of mess.]
muss'i·ly adv., muss'i·ness n., muss'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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