MUDDLE

muddle

Noun

  1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
    The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.

Verb

  1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
    Young children tend to muddle their words.
  2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
    He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
  3. To dabble in mud.
  4. To make turbid or muddy.
  5. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
  6. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
  7. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.


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