MUD
nounEtymology
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), Erzya мода (moda, “earth, ground”) from Proto-Uralic *muďa (“earth”)).
Definitions
Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may…
Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.
Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
- The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there.
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
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A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
A black person.
- That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.
- How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]
Drilling fluid.
Coffee.
Opium.
- Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
- Brown Stuff, or Mud . . . Opium
Heroin.
Lean.
real property in English Land Law
To make muddy or dirty
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
To make turbid.
To go under the mud, as an eel does.
A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to…
A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
The neighborhood
- synonymDutch bushel
- synonymbushel
- synonymmuid
- neighbormuddle
Derived
as happy as a pig in mud, bemud, black mud, clear as mud, drag through the mud, giant mud crab, grass mud horse, happy as a pig in mud, here's mud in your eye, magic mud, Mexican mud turtle, Mississippi mud pie, mud and stud, mud army, mudball, mudbank, mud bath, mud biscuit, mudboat, mud bog, mud bogger, mud bogging, mudbrick, mudbucket, mudbug, mud cake, mudcaked, mudcap, mud carp, mudcat, mudcloth, mud cone, mud cookie, mudcovered, mud crab, mudcrack, mud cracking, mud-crusher, mud dauber, mudden · +132 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at MUD. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at mud. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at mud
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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