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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Muddle
       
          Original name of MDL.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Muddling.] [From Mud.]
     1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.]
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              He did ill to muddle the water.       --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to
        intoxicate partially.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and
              confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right
              way.                                  --Bentley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Often drunk, always muddled.          --Arbuthnot.
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     3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or
        intoxicated. [R.]
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              They muddle it [money] away without method or
              object, and without having anything to show for it.
                                                    --Hazlitt.
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     4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to
        muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. --F. W.
        Newman.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, v. i.
     1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, n.
     A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual
     cloudiness or dullness.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We both grub on in a muddle.             --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Muddling.] [From Mud.]
     1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.]
  
              He did ill to muddle the water.       --L'Estrange.
  
     2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to
        intoxicate partially.
  
              Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and
              confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right
              way.                                  --Bentley.
  
              Often drunk, always muddled.          --Arbuthnot.
  
     3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or
        intoxicated. [R.]
  
              They muddle it [money] away without method or
              object, and without having anything to show for it.
                                                    --Hazlitt.
  
     4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to
        muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. --F. W.
        Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, v. i.
     1. To dabble in mud. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
     2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Muddle \Mud"dle\, n.
     A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual
     cloudiness or dullness.
  
           We both grub on in a muddle.             --Dickens.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  muddle
       n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, mare's
            nest, welter, smother]
       2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
          terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix,
           hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish]
       v 1: make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: puddle]
       2: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, puddle]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  muddle
     n.
     1 A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
     2 (lb en cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as
  prepared with a muddler.
     vb.
     1 To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
     2 To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
     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.
     n.
     (lb en India historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  muddle
     n.
     1 A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
     2 (lb en cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as
  prepared with a muddler.
     vb.
     1 To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
     2 To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
     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.
     n.
     (lb en India historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  muddle
     n.
     1 A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
     2 (lb en cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as
  prepared with a muddler.
     vb.
     1 To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
     2 To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
     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.
     n.
     (lb en India historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  muddle
     n.
     1 A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
     2 (lb en cooking and cocktails) A mixture of crushed ingredients, as
  prepared with a muddler.
     vb.
     1 To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
     2 To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
     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.
     n.
     (lb en India historical) A servant's attendant; underservant.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  muddle
     Engelska n.
     röra, oreda, virrvarr, gytter
     Engelska vb.
     1 fördärva, förstöra
     2 förvirra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Muddle /mˈʌdəl/
  الفوضى

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  muddle //ˈmʌd(ə)l// //ˈmʌdl̩// 
  бъркотия
  a mixture; a confusion; a garble

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  muddle //ˈmʌd(ə)l// //ˈmʌdl̩// 
  1. миксирам
  mash for a cocktail
  2. обърквам
  mix together, to mix up; to confuse

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  muddle /mˈʌdəl/ 
  nepořádek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  muddle /mˈʌdəl/ 
  zmatek

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  muddle /mˈʌdəl/ 
  codlo

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  muddle /mˈʌdəl/ 
  ponsio