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mud

[ muhd ]

noun

  1. wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
  2. Informal. scandalous or malicious assertions or information:

    The opposition threw a lot of mud at our candidate.

  3. Slang. brewed coffee, especially when strong or bitter.
  4. a mixture of chemicals and other substances pumped into a drilling rig chiefly as a lubricant for the bit and shaft.


verb (used with object)

, mud·ded, mud·ding.
  1. to cover, smear, or spatter with mud:

    to mud the walls of a hut.

  2. to stir up the mud or sediment in:

    waders mudding the clear water.

verb (used without object)

, mud·ded, mud·ding.
  1. to hide in or burrow into mud.

mud

/ mʌd /

noun

  1. a fine-grained soft wet deposit that occurs on the ground after rain, at the bottom of ponds, lakes, etc
  2. informal.
    slander or defamation
  3. clear as mud informal.
    not at all clear
  4. drag someone's name in the mud
    to disgrace or defame someone
  5. here's mud in your eye informal.
    a humorous drinking toast
  6. someone's name is mud informal.
    someone is disgraced
  7. throw mud at or sling mud at informal.
    to slander; vilify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to soil or cover with mud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • un·mudded adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mud1

1300–50; Middle English mudde, mode < Middle Low German mudde. mother 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mud1

C14: probably from Middle Low German mudde; compare Middle High German mot swamp, mud, Swedish modd slush
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Idioms and Phrases

see clear as mud ; name is mud ; sling mud at .
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Example Sentences

He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound.

They described him as clad in black, his face smeared with mud.

Knee deep in mud, sweat mixing with rain, they forced the Land Rover through the jungle.

Sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the Land Rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud.

All around you are farms fields dotted with canted mud structures.

Aunt Ri, at her best estate, had never possessed a room which had the expression of this poor little mud hut of Ramona's.

In some parts of Korea the houses were built of stout timbers, the chinks covered with woven cane and plastered with mud.

The sun was palely shining upon dry, clean pavements and upon roads juicy with black mud.

Frank leaped ashore and pushed the boat off, while Mayne held her by jamming the leeward oar into the mud.

A cannon-ball crashed through the mud wall and bounded across the enclosure.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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