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Meaning of Muss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
mʌs

Definitions

  1. A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder).
  2. A term of endearment.
  3. A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.

Equivalents

العربية الفوضى
Esperanto taŭzi
Polski czochrać
Русский путать

Examples

“Authority melts from me: of late, when I cried 'Ho!' like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, and cry 'Your will?' Have you no ears? I am Antony yet.”
“Gods so! a muss, a muss, a muss, a muss.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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