different between buddle vs fuddle

English

Etymology

Compare German butteln (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?d.?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

buddle (plural buddles)

1. An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.

Verb

buddle (third-person singular simple present buddles, present participle buddling, simple past and past participle buddled)

1. (transitive) To wash (ore) in a buddle.

Derived terms

• buddler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

buddle

1. inflection of buddeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Plautdietsch

Verb

buddle

1. to bubble

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?d?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Verb

fuddle (third-person singular simple present fuddles, present participle fuddling, simple past and past participle fuddled)

1. (transitive) To confuse or befuddle.
2. (transitive) To intoxicate.
3. (intransitive) To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

Derived terms

• (to confuse): fuddlesome (“confusing”)
• (to become intoxicated): fuddlecap, fuddler (“drunkard”), fuddling (“intoxication”)

Translations

Noun

fuddle (countable and uncountable, plural fuddles)

1. Intoxication.
2. (uncountable) Intoxicating drink; liquor.
3. Muddle, confusion.
4. (Britain, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.

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