mud
nounverbnounverbcommon in dialogue
- //mʌd//
- //mʊd//
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
noun
- 1
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- 2
A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
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slangWet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
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figurativeWillfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
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slangMoney, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
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Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
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A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
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slangA black person.
That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.
How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]
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Drilling fluid.
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slangCoffee.
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slangOpium.
Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
Brown Stuff, or Mud . . . Opium
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slangHeroin.
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slangLean.
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real property in English Land Law
Etymology
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), Erzya мода (moda, “earth, ground”) from Proto-Uralic *muďa (“earth”)).
verb
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To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
- 2
To make turbid.
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To go under the mud, as an eel does.
noun
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historicalA traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
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historicalA traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
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historicalA kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
Etymology
From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.
verb
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To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]
Etymology
From MUD.
Forms
- plural
- muds, mudden
- past tense
- mudded
- past participle
- mudded
- present participle
- mudding
- third person singular
- muds
mud · A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
MUD · Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition…muddy · Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).Mueller · A surname from German.