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muddle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, pickle |
| Type of | difficulty |
| Has types | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner |
he made a muddle of his marriage.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, smother, welter |
| Type of | disorder, disorderliness |
| Has types | rummage |
Examples of muddle
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Liverpool win another corner, which Norwich just about muddle through and clear.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Muddle them until the strawberries are well crushed and the mint leaves bruised.
From the ocregister.com
If you can muddle like you mean it, people are going to take you very seriously.
From the sfgate.com
English, for example, is famously a muddle of German, Norse and medieval French.
From the economist.com
It is often the most important aspect of a feedback session, so don't muddle it.
From the business.time.com
America will overcome its current economic woes and Europe will muddle through.
From the economist.com
Democrats will likely try to get the general to say the plan amounts to a muddle.
From the washingtontimes.com
A day of exploring this excessive lifestyle can muddle your perception of luxury.
From the washingtonpost.com
Near London, divers happily muddle through the ooze of a dank lake in Black Park.
From the time.com
- Clutter: a confused multitude of things
- Make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
- Addle: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
- Fix: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
- (muddled) addled: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
- A mixture; a confusion; a garble; To mix together, to mix up; to confuse; To mash slightly for use in a cocktail
- (Muddled) A drink served with mashed fruit like an old fashioned.
- Muddling is crushing or smashing something against the sides of the glass. You should use either a wooden muddler or a bar spoon with an attached muddler in order not to damage your glassware.
- (MUDDLING) This refers to the crushing of fresh fruits with a blunt instrument such as a pestle or the end of a rolling pin. The pestle should push down on the fruit and be twisted to release as much juice as possible.
