to mud
- verb
- /mʌd/
- And, Fiona, doesn't mud wash off?
Examples
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Well, we've got some things that are mudding up our fraction.
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You mud duck!
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You two girls could mud wrestle for it.
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Dance, you mud turtles, dance!
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He did look tired, but he is in a difficult job with real problems and having to mud roll.
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Come on, you mud-fucker.
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Winton and Lori, they like they, they mud together, they they mixed, but you know, and then the boys they good, you know, the sons, they all, they all good.
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Our tailings mud basically Overtook the pump, And we were pumping Muddyass water up here.
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The workers began to mud the walls of the house to prepare for the new paint.
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To add a rustic touch, they decided to mud the exterior of the building with clay.
Synonyms
To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
To cover a surface thickly or stick things all over it
Make something dirty with mud or sediment
To make something dirty with mud
To cover a surface roughly with a thick sticky substance
Make someone or something wet and dirty by moving through muddy ground
To make something dirty by covering it with mud
To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors
To cover something thickly with a sticky, messy substance
To cover something with mud or with a soft wall paste, for example on drywall
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
To smear something roughly with paint, plaster, or another soft wet material
Cover a surface with a thin layer of plaster to make it smooth
Idioms
- Informal
Unable to move forward because of a physical problem or other difficulty
- Informal
Someone people blame or dislike after they do something others do not like
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To speak badly about someone in public to hurt their reputation
Compounds
A flat area of mud near the coast that is underwater at high tide and dry at low tide
- Specialized
A thick liquid used in drilling to cool the drill, remove rock pieces and support the hole
- Specialized
A wooden beam lying across the base of a wall that rests on the ground or foundation
- US
A water plant that grows in shallow water with grass-like leaves and small yellow star-shaped flowers
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mud as a verb comes from the noun mud meaning 'soft wet earth' and simply means 'to cover with mud' or to make something muddy. So when workers 'mud' drywall seams or 'mud' walls, they are spreading a paste like wet earth to cover joins.