muddles

/M AH1 D AH0 L Z/

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.

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.

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