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muddle
English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Verb
muddle (third-person singular simple present muddles, present participle muddling, simple past and past participle muddled)
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of F. W. Newman to this entry?)
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
- To dabble in mud.
- c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
- Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
But, when let out, they run and muddle
- Young ducklings foster'd by a hen;
- c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- Their old master Epicurus seems to have had his brains so muddled and confounded with them, that he scarce ever kept in the right way.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- often drunk, always muddled
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- 1821, William Hazlitt, On the Want of Money
- They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it.
- 1821, William Hazlitt, On the Want of Money
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
muddle (plural muddles)
- A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
- (cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
Translations
Derived terms
- muddle-headed
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mud
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?d, IPA(key): /m?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”).
Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mo??i (“mud”), from Proto-Uralic *mu?a).
Noun
mud (countable and uncountable, plural muds)
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- (construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- (gay sex, slang) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Coffee.
Derived terms
Related terms
- muddle
Translations
Verb
mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded)
- (transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
- (transitive) To make turbid.
- (intransitive) To go under the mud, as an eel does.
Translations
Etymology 2
From MUD.
Verb
mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded)
- (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
- 1997, Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)
- Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently […]
- 1997, Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)
References
Anagrams
- DMU, UMD, dum
Breton
Adjective
mud
- mute
Dutch
Alternative forms
- mudde
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin modius (“bushel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mud n (plural mudden, diminutive mudje n or muddeken n)
- An old measure of volume, varying in content over time and regions; nowadays usually 1 hectoliter
- A wooden container having such content; again used as measure for bulk wares sold in it, such as cereals
- A land measure, presumably supposedly the area sown which that much seed
- A small measure for liquids, about 1 deciliter
Derived terms
- mudderecht n
- mudszak m
- korenmud n
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mud]
Noun
mud
- mouth
Declension
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- what mud to use for texture
- what mud to use for skim coat
- what mud to use for shower pan
- what muda means
- what mud to use with mesh tape
- what mud tires are good in snow
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