mud

¹mud

noun \ˈməd\

Definition of MUD

1

: a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water; especially : soft wet earth

2

: abusive and malicious remarks or charges <political campaigners slinging mud at each other>

3

: anathema 1b —usually used in the phrase one's name is mud

4

: a mixture of water, clay, and chemicals used in oil-well drilling and having various functions (as lubrication and cooling of the bit and flushing of rock particles to the surface)

Examples of MUD

1. He tracked mud into the house.
2. The car was stuck in the mud.

Origin of MUD

Middle English mudde, probably from Middle Low German

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MUD

Synonyms

guck (or gook), mire, muck, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush

Related Words

gumbo, silt; clay, dirt, gravel, humus, loam, sand, soil

Rhymes with MUD

blood, bud, crud, cud, dud, flood, fud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd, thud

²mud

transitive verb

mud·dedmud·ding

Definition of MUD

1

: to make muddy or turbid

2

: to treat or plaster with mud

First Known Use of MUD

1593