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tussle
English
Etymology
Related to tousle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
- Homophone: tussal
Noun
tussle (plural tussles)
- A physical fight or struggle.
- A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
Translations
Verb
tussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)
- To have a tussle.
- The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
Translations
Anagrams
- sutles
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muss
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
Related to mess (“disorder”).
Verb
muss (third-person singular simple present musses, present participle mussing, simple past and past participle mussed)
- (transitive) To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Noun
muss (plural musses)
- A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder)
- (obsolete) A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
- 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.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare Middle English mus (“a mouse”). See mouse.
Noun
muss (plural musses)
- (obsolete) A term of endearment.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Translations
References
- muss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Sums, sums
German
Alternative forms
- muß (superseded)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
muss
- first/third-person singular present of müssen
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mus/
Verb
muss
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative of mussen
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