mud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŭd
ipa: /mʌd/
ipa: /mʊd/
rhymes: -ʌd
homophone: MUD
Forms: form: muds
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 West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), 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).
Senses: glosses: A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
glosses: A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
examples: text: The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
glosses: Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
glosses: Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
qualifier: gay sex
glosses: Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
examples: text: That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.
ref: 2013, Bill Pezza, Homegrown:
text: How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]
ref: 2015, Christian Picciolini, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead:
glosses: A black person.
glosses: Drilling fluid.
glosses: Coffee.
examples: text: Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
ref: 1951 December 20, William S. Burroughs, “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Brown Stuff, or Mud . . . Opium
ref: [1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, Glossary, page 153:
glosses: Opium.
glosses: Heroin.
Derived terms: word: as happy as a pig in mud
word: bemud
word: black mud
word: clear as mud
word: drag through the mud
word: giant mud crab
word: grass mud horse
word: happy as a pig in mud
word: here's mud in your eye
word: magic mud
word: Mexican mud turtle
word: Mississippi mud pie
word: mud and stud
word: mud army
word: mudball
word: mudbank
word: mud bath
word: mudboat
word: mud bog
word: mud bogger
word: mud bogging
word: mudbrick
word: mudbucket
word: mudbug
word: mud cake
word: mudcaked
word: mudcap
word: mud carp
word: mudcat
word: mudcloth
word: mud cone
word: mud cookie
word: mudcovered
english: Panopeidae spp., Xanthidae spp., etc
translation: Panopeidae spp., Xanthidae spp., etc
word: mud crab
word: mudcrack
word: mud cracking
word: mud-crusher
english: Sphecidae spp. or Crabronidae spp.
translation: Sphecidae spp. or Crabronidae spp.
word: mud dauber
word: mudden
word: muddily
word: muddish
word: mud dome
word: mud dragon
word: mud drum
word: mud duck
word: mud-dwelling
word: muddy
word: muddy the waters
word: mud eel
word: mudeo
word: mud-eye
word: mud fence
word: mud fever
word: mud fight
word: mudfish
word: mud flap
word: mudflap
word: mud flat
word: mudflat
word: mud flood
word: mudflow
word: mudguard
word: mudgut
word: mudheap
word: mud hen
word: mudhen
word: mud-hogs
word: mudhole
word: mudhook
word: mudhopper
word: mudhouse
word: mud kicker
word: mud-kicker
word: mudkicker
word: mud kitchen
word: mudland
word: mudlark
word: mudless
word: mudlike
word: mudlined
english: Axiidea spp., Gebiidea spp.
translation: Axiidea spp., Gebiidea spp.
word: mud lobster
word: mudlogger
word: mudlogging
word: mud machine
word: mudman
word: mud map
word: mudminnow
word: mud minnow
word: mud monkey
word: mudnester
word: mud on one's boots
word: mud out
word: mudpack
word: mud pie
word: mud pie argument
taxonomic: Heteranthera spp.
word: mud plantain
word: mud plug
word: mud pool
word: mud pot
word: mudpot
word: mudprawn
word: mudproof
word: mudpuddle
word: mud pump
word: mudpuppy
word: mud puppy
taxonomic: Proteidae spp.
word: mud-puppy
word: mud purslane
word: mud riding
word: mudrock
word: mud-roofed
word: mudroom
word: mud room
word: mud run
word: mudscape
word: mudscow
word: mud scow
word: mud-scow
word: mud season
taxonomic: Carex limosa
word: mud sedge
word: mud shark
word: mudshark
word: mud sharking
word: mudsill
word: mud skate
english: Oxudercinae
translation: Oxudercinae
word: mudskipper
word: mud slab
word: mudsled
word: mud sled
word: mudslide
word: mud slide
word: mudslime
word: mudslinger
word: mudslinging
word: mud slogger
word: mudslum
word: mudsnail
word: mudsnake
word: mud snake
word: mudspate
word: mudstain
word: mudstained
word: mud sticks
word: mudstone
word: mud student
word: mudsucker
taxonomic: Acantharchus pomotis
word: mud sunfish
taxonomic: Kinosternon spp.
word: mud turtle
word: mud volcano
word: mudwall
word: mudwalled
taxonomic: Crabronidae spp.
word: mud wasp
word: mud water
word: mudworm
word: mudwort
word: mudwrestler
word: mud wrestler
word: mud wrestler's rash
word: mud wrestling
word: name is mud
word: nonmud
taxonomic: Kinosternon oaxacae
word: Oaxaca mud turtle
word: one's name is mud
word: pluff mud
word: red mud
word: sea mud
word: stick in the mud
word: stick-in-the-mud
word: stuck in the mud
word: throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick
taxonomic: Kinosternon vogti
word: Vallarta mud turtle
Related terms: muddle