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4.6
To cover something with mud or with a soft wall paste, for example on drywall
  • verb
  • /ˈmʌdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Before painting, you should finish mudding all the seams and corners.

Examples

  • The workers spent the afternoon mudding the new drywall in the living room.

  • He learned the basics of mudding from his father, who was a contractor.

  • She is mudding the walls today.

  • Are you mudding the drywall this weekend?

  • The workers spent the afternoon mudding the new drywall in the living room.

  • Before painting, you should finish mudding all the seams and corners.

  • Are you mudding the drywall this weekend?

Synonyms

to plaster
vsto mudding
30 3.8

To cover a surface thickly or stick things all over it

in this setting it refers specifically to joint compound drywall finishing
to muddy
vsto mudding
5 1.9

Make something dirty with mud or sediment

means a deliberate finishing application of compound to seal and smooth seams
to spackle
vsto mudding
  • US
4 6.1

To fill small holes and cracks in walls before painting

focuses instead on coating seams and smooth large areas with compound
to daub
vsto mudding
3 8.1

To cover a surface roughly with a thick sticky substance

is a controlled finishing smear using joint compound for smooth seams
to mud
vsto mudding
1 5.1

To cover a surface with soft wet earth to make it smooth

is the specific finishing process using joint compound on wall seams
to bedaub
vsto mudding
1 9.9

To cover something thickly with a sticky, messy substance

is applied carefully to create smooth, even seams in walls
to muddy up
vsto mudding
1 3.5

To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors

refers instead to intentional compound work for wall finishing
to spack the drywall
vsto mudding
  • US
9.4

To put filler on drywall seams and holes to make the surface smooth

is the common trade term for that same joint compound finishing step
to skimcoat
vsto mudding
  • Specialized
8.6

Cover a surface with a thin layer of plaster to make it smooth

is used for broader, thicker seam filling and compound application
to daube
vsto mudding
9.9

To smear something roughly with paint, plaster, or another soft wet material

is the careful trade process to smooth and join wall panels

Antonyms

1.0

To remove dirt and stains

37 2.7

Remove a cover to show what is under it

How Covered

plastering
  • Specialized
2 3.6
to mudding
  • Specialized
4.6
to smear
63 3.7
coating
35 3.4

Surface Forms

mudding infinitive
mudded past
mudded past participle
mudding present participle
muds third person singular

Morphology

mudding = mud (transparent) = mud + ing

Present participle/gerund formation from the verb 'mud' is regular and directly denotes the ongoing action of applying mud.

Etymology

Mudding as a verb comes from the noun mud 'soft, wet earth' plus -ing, meaning to cover or smear something with mud or a mud-like compound. That's why to be mudding is to put mud or joint compound on something, whether outside or on a wall.