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fuddle

verb
/ˈfʌdəl/

Etymology

Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).

  1. derived from dialect fuddeln — “to swindle”
  2. derived from vod — “soft”

Definitions

  1. To confuse or befuddle.

    • She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food

  2. To intoxicate.

    • If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]
    • There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.

  3. To become intoxicated

    To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

    • Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Intoxication.

    2. Intoxicating drink

      Intoxicating drink; liquor.

    3. Muddle, confusion.

    4. A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine

      A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.

      • Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.
      • My husband has to take some food into his work for a Christmas fuddle.¶ I suggested he make Christmas pudding cupcakes, but he wasn't impressed.¶ What would you make and take?

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for fuddle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA