Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; disorder). · A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.
To rumple, tousle or make (something) untidy.
Related to mess (“disorder”).
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