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1.nounA mixture; a confusion; a garble."The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning."
2.nounA mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
3.verbTo mix together, to mix up; to confuse."Young children tend to muddle their words."
4.verbTo mash slightly for use in a cocktail."He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass."
5.verbTo dabble in mud.
6.verbTo make turbid or muddy.
7.verbTo think and act in a confused, aimless way.
8.verbTo cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
9.verbTo waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.