To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.
A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder).
A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
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.
Related to mess (“disorder”).
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A term of endearment.