muddle
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.
noun
- 1
A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
- 2
A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
- 3
A muddy mess.
- 4
A servant's attendant; underservant.
Also useful for “muddle”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “muddle”