1. to make messy or untidy
Usage: informal

1. a state of disorder or messiness
Usage: informal

Examples

• Don’t muss your hair before the photo.
• The wind mussed her carefully styled curls.
• He mussed up the papers on his desk while searching.
• The children mussed the bed covers during their pillow fight.
• Her hair was in a complete muss after the windy walk.
• The room was a muss of scattered books and clothes.