mud
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
construction
geography
geology
manufacturing
natural-sciences
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”)).
Inflected forms:
form: muds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: muds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mudding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mudded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mudded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
gloss: Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A black person.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
ethnic
slang
slur
uncountable
examples: 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 […]
gloss: Drilling fluid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Coffee.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Opium.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: 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
gloss: Heroin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Lean.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: real property in English Land Law
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To make turbid.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To go under the mud, as an eel does.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: muddle
Derived words: as happy as a pig in mud
bemud
black mud
clear as mud
drag through the mud
giant mud crab
grass mud horse
happy as a pig in mud
here's mud in your eye
magic mud
Mexican mud turtle
Mississippi mud pie
mud and stud
mud army
mudball
mudbank
mud bath
mud biscuit
mudboat
mud bog
mud bogger
mud bogging
mudbrick
mudbucket
mudbug
mud cake
mudcaked
mudcap
mud carp
mudcat
mudcloth
mud cone
mud cookie
mudcovered
mud crab
mudcrack
mud cracking
mud-crusher
mud dauber
mudden
muddily
muddish
mud dome
mud dragon
mud drum
mud duck
mud-dwelling
muddy
muddy the waters
mud eel
mudeo
mud-eye
mud fence
mud fever
mud fight
mudfish
mudflap
mud flap
mud flat
mudflat
mud flood
mudflow
mudguard
mudgut
mudheap
mudhen
mud hen
mud-hogs
mudhole
mudhook
mudhopper
mudhouse
mud kicker
mud-kicker
mudkicker
mud kitchen
mudland
mudlark
mudless
mudlike
mudlined
mud lobster
mudlogger
mudlogging
mud machine
mudman
mud map
mud minnow
mudminnow
mud monkey
mudnester
mud on one's boots
mud out
mudpack
mud pie
mud pie argument
mud plantain
mud plug
mud pool
mud pot
mudpot
mudprawn
mudproof
mudpuddle
mud pump
mudpuppy
mud puppy
mud-puppy
mud purslane
mud riding
mudrock
mud-roofed
mud room
mudroom
mud run
mudscape
mudscow
mud scow
mud-scow
mud season
mud sedge
mud shark
mudshark
mud sharking
mudsill
mud skate
mudskipper
mud slab
mud sled
mudsled
mudslide
mud slide
mudslime
mudslinger
mudslinging
mud slogger
mudslum
mudsnail
mudsnake
mud snake
mudspate
mudstain
mudstained
mud sticks
mudstone
mud student
mudsucker
mud sunfish
mud turtle
mud volcano
mudwall
mudwalled
mud wasp
mud water
mudworm
mudwort
mudwrestler
mud wrestler
mud wrestler's rash
mud wrestling
name is mud
nonmud
Oaxaca mud turtle
one's name is mud
pluff mud
red mud
sea mud
stick in the mud
stick-in-the-mud
stuck in the mud
throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick
Vallarta mud turtle
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