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A Writer's Dictionary:

mud Definition


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mud
noun
    1a. Soft, wet earth;
      Thesaurus: dirt, muck, mire, ooze.

      Example: mud pie
    2. Any semi-solid mixture that resembles this.
    3. colloq
      Insults; slanderous attacks.
      Example: throw mud at someone
Idiom: clear as mud
    colloq
    Not at all clear.
Idiom: here's mud in your eye
    (rit)
    facetious, colloq, facetious colloq
    An exclamation used as a drinking-toast.
Idiom: my name is mud (his etc name is mud)
    colloq
    I am, he is, etc disgraced or out of favour.
Etymology: 14c.



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