Muddle
21muddle — {{11}}muddle (n.) 1818, from MUDDLE (Cf. muddle) (v.). {{12}}muddle (v.) 1590s, destroy the clarity of (a transferred sense); literal sense ( to bathe in mud ) is from c.1600; perhaps frequentative formation from MUD (Cf. mud), or from Du.… …
22muddle — 1. verb 1) you ve muddled things up Syn: confuse, mix up, jumble (up), disarrange, disorganize, disorder, disturb, mess up 2) she became muddled Syn: bewilder, confuse, bemuse …
23muddle — muddledness, muddlement, n. muddlingly, adv. /mud l/, v., muddled, muddling, n. v.t. 1. to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble. 2. to cause to become mentally confused. 3. to cause to become confused or stupid with or as if with an… …
24muddle up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms muddle up : present tense I/you/we/they muddle up he/she/it muddles up present participle muddling up past tense muddled up past participle muddled up same as muddle II …
25muddle up — verb a) to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects) Whenever I meet the twins, I always muddle up their names. I call John Jim, and Jim John. b) To mix together muddle up the letters in the word, and try to make new ones …
26muddle — 1. verb a) To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. The tiny speakers tend to muddle the words. b) To mash slightly for use in a cocktail. He muddled the mint …
27Muddle — Recorded as Mudle and Muddle, this is an English medieval surname. It has nothing to do with chaos, but is a dialectal variant of middle, and has two possible origins. Firstly it may be locational from either a place in Shropshire called Myddle… …
28muddle — n. confusion in a muddle * * * [mʌdl] [ confusion ] in a muddle …
29muddle — verb 1》 bring into a disordered or confusing state. ↘(muddle something up) confuse two or more things with each other. 2》 confuse (a person). 3》 (muddle through (or Brit. along)) cope more or less satisfactorily. 4》 US mix (a drink) or stir… …
30muddle — /ˈmʌdl / (say mudl) verb (t) (muddled, muddling) 1. to mix up or jumble together in a confused or bungling way. 2. to render confused mentally, or unable to think clearly. 3. to render confused or stupid with drink, or as drink does. 4. to make… …
