Muss

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.”

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