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mussed up

mussed up is the simple past and past participle of muss up.

Meaning of muss up

Verb

muss up (third-person singular simple present musses up, present participle mussing up, simple past and past participle mussed up)

  1. (transitive) To thoroughly muss something.
  2. (obsolete, slang) To treat roughly; to beat up.
    • Tuxedo is a good-hearted, gentle, quiet, soft-voiced tobacco[…] no "fighting spirit" in it anywhere to muss up your tongue.1916 March 11, “[advertisement] You Men Who Have Pipes”, in Saturday Evening Post
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see muss, up.

Questions about mussed up

What is mussed up the simple past and past participle of?
Mussed up is the simple past and past participle of muss up.

Words near mussed up in the dictionary

  1. mussaulchees
  2. mussaulgee
  3. mussaulgees
  4. mussauls
  5. mussed
  6. mussed up
  7. mussel
  8. mussel boat
  9. mussel boats
  10. mussel digger
  11. mussel diggers

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