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From Middle Dutch moddelen (to make muddy), from Middle Dutch modde, mod (mud) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.


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    Rhymes: -ʌdəl



    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.
    • L'Estrange
      He did ill to muddle the water.
    • Bentley
    • Arbuthnot
      often drunk, always muddled
    • Hazlitt

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muddle (plural muddles)

  1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
  2. (cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.


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