muddle.
To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Meaning & usage
To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Young children tend to muddle their words.
To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
To dabble in mud.
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.
To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
A muddy mess.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
A servant's attendant; underservant.
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