muddler

[ muhd-ler ]

noun

1. a swizzle stick with an enlarged tip for stirring drinks, crushing fruit or sugar, etc.
2. a person who muddles or muddles through.
3. a miller's thumb.

ˈmuddler

/ ˈmʌdlə /

noun

1. a person who muddles or muddles through
2. an instrument for mixing drinks thoroughly

Word History and Origins

Origin of muddler¹

First recorded in 1850–55; muddle + -er ¹

Example Sentences

As one character mildly puts it, “A bomb is a dreadful muddler of affairs.”

From Seattle Times

Drop the other caperberry at the bottom of a cocktail shaker and crush it with a muddler, so that it’s torn open and the inner seeds are well exposed.

From Washington Post

One school report reads: “A persistent muddler. Vocabulary negligible, sentences malconstructed.”

From Washington Post

Whether you’re a newbie just mastering a muddler, or already fermenting your own tepache for pina coladas, this book will shake up your cocktail game.

From Seattle Times

The basic tools to start — which include a muddler, shaker, jigger, mixing glass and bar spoon — are a great foundation, he wrote in an email.

From Washington Post