muddle
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/ˈmʌdəl/
English
Definitions
noun
- A mixture; a confusion; a garble.“The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.”
- A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
verb
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.“Young children tend to muddle their words.”
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.“He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.”
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.