muddle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌdəl

Verb

muddle (third-person singular simple present muddles, present participle muddling, simple past and past participle muddled)

1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

   The tiny speakers tend to muddle the words.

2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.

   He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.

Derived terms

• muddler (agent noun)
• muddle through
• muddle up

Translations

mix together, to mix up; to confuse

• Dutch: verwarren (nl),door mekaar mengen (nl)
• Finnish: sotkea (fi), sekoittaa (fi)
• French: confondre (fr),mélanger (fr)
• German: verwirren (de)

• Portuguese: baralhar (pt)
• Romanian: încurca (ro), încâlci (ro), a face confuz (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir tro-chèile (gd)

mash for a cocktail

Noun

muddle (plural muddles)

1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.

   The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.

Translations

A mixture; a confusion; a garble

• Dutch: wirwar (nl) m, warboel (nl) m
• Finnish: sotku, sekasotku

• German: Wirrwarr (de) m

Derived terms

• muddle-headed