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- verb Present participle of
muss .
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Examples
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He backed away and began drawing on his coat, and she abandoned the idea of mussing him to make sure his tie didn't crawl up over his collar.
Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906
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Next there was a system of fines for what was called "mussing" work.
The Trade Union Woman Alice Henry 1900
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Boyd then proceeded to dance around the table-square, kicking chairs and mussing hair on the tops of heads that sat cowered, pretending to be somewhere else.
Saint Christopher's Song Michael Dickes 2011
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Cara hesitated and then yanked her sweatshirt over her head, mussing her new haircut.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Jim rubs his hand through his hair, mussing his already perfectly mussed hair.
Cougar Ann Wahlman 2011
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Cara hesitated and then yanked her sweatshirt over her head, mussing her new haircut.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Cara hesitated and then yanked her sweatshirt over her head, mussing her new haircut.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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It is time, Jozi, his father said, giving a last tug to his bowtie, mussing up Jozi's hair, laughing.
The Magician Andrew Stancek 2011
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Cara hesitated and then yanked her sweatshirt over her head, mussing her new haircut.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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In notable run-ins with the likes of MSNBC's own Joe Scarborough and, especially, former Congressman Dick Armey, she not only holds he own, but does so without mussing her hair.
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