Pronunciations (3)
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/mʌd/
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/mʊd/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
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ˈmʌd
Noun
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
Usage- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
Usage- Countable
- Figurative
- Uncountable
- Examples
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The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
Usage- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
A black person.
Usage- Countable
- Derogatory
- ethnic
- Slang
- slur
- Uncountable
- Examples
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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 […]
Drilling fluid.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Coffee.
Usage- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
Opium.
Usage- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
- Examples
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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
Heroin.
Usage- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
Lean.
Usage- US usage
- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
real property in English Land Law
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Verb
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
Usage- Transitive
To make turbid.
Usage- Transitive
To go under the mud, as an eel does.
Usage- Intransitive
Noun
A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
Usage- Historical
A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
Usage- Historical
A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
Usage- Historical
Verb
To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
Usage- Internet
- Intransitive
- Examples
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Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]
Noun
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- Synonyms
slanderous remarks or charges
- Broader terms
Verb
soil with mud, muck, or mire
- Examples
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The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
plaster with mud