musketeer, n. rifleman, dragoon, sharpshooter, carabineer, carbineer, fusileer, yagar, jaeger, grenadier, chasseur, hussar.
muss, n. 1. Informal, disorder, disorderliness, disarray, disarrangement, disorganization; dishevelment, untidiness, clutter, mess, heap, huddle; hash, hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble, scramble, tangle; confusion, muddle, Inf. guddle, imbroglio; unsettledness, discomposure, disconcertment, agitation, upset; turmoil, tumult, turbulence, disruption, disturbance.
-v. 2. Usu.
muss up Informal, misarrange, put out of place, misplace, displace, dislocate, move out of place; throw into disorder, disarray, dishevel, tumble, tousle, Chiefly Scot. Dial, touse; mess or mess up, ruffle or ruffle up, rumple or rumple up; turn upside down, Inf. turn topsy-turvy, make a shambles of; confuse, mix or mix up, shuffle, jumble, scramble; muddle, snafu, fuddle; derange, incapacitate, throw out of gear.
mussy, adj. Informal, disordered, disorderly, out of order, out of place, disarranged, in disarray, deranged; untidy, cluttered, messy, disheveled, messed up, ruffled up, Inf. mussed up, rumpled, tousled, Chiefly Scot. Dial, toused; unkempt, slovenly, sloppy, shoddy, careless, slipshod; confused, chaotic, all mixed-up, upside down, Inf. topsy-turvy; at sixes and sevens, muddled, jumbled, hugger-mugger, scrambled, tangled.
must', v. should, have to, ought to; be obligated orcompelled or forced, have no choice or alternative.
must2, n. 1. mold, moldiness, mustiness, fustiness, mildew; fungus, decay, rot, dry rot; fermentation, mother.
2. new wine, unfermented juice,
mustache, n. mustachio, SI. tickler, whiskers, lip hair, SI. soupstrainer; handlebar mustache, toothbrush mustache, SI. brush, Inf. fuzz,
mustang, n. range horse, plains horse, wild horse, U.S. cayuse, U.S. bronco, U.S. bronc.
muster, v. 1. assemble, convoke, call or summon together; bring together, rally, mobilize, round up or in.
2. Often
muster up gather, collect, marshal, summon or summon up, call up.
3. assemble, group, convene, forgather, meet, come together, collect, gather, congregate; crowd together, huddle, cluster, bunch up or together, agglomerate, mass; flock together, throng, herd, swarm, stream. -n. 4. assemblage, congregation, collection, aggregation, aggregate, agglomeration, conglomeration; gathering, forgathering, assembly, meeting, meet, rally, turnout; group, body, circle, knot, cluster, bunch; crowd, throng, mob, mass, confluence, concourse; gang, crew, company, troupe, band, troop; flock, pack, herd, drove, bevy, covey, swarm, hive, school, shoal.
5. meeting, conference, Inf. powwow, talk, parley, palaver; conclave, convocation, council, synod, consistory, conventicle; assembly, convention, congress; U.S. caucus, bloc, coalition, junta, Rom. Antiq. comi-tia.
musty, adj. 1. moldy, stuffy, fusty, close, stale; sour, rancid, turned; ill-smelling, foul, stagnant, frowzy; rotten, rotting, decaying, spoiled, gone bad, putrid, corrupt, tainted; fetid, stinking, malodorous, noisome, reeky, rank.
