To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Young children tend to muddle their words.
To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
To dabble in mud.
c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage Young ducklings foster'd by a hen; But, when let out, they run and muddle
A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, m...
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A servant's attendant; underservant.
We bought a few rugs and odds and ends and our sitting room looks quite European; then we have a bedroom with 2 beds and a dressing room, also a corridor for the muddles and servants.