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mud

Pronunciation: /mʌd/

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Definition of mud

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water: ankle deep in mud, we squelched across a meadow [as modifier]:mud huts
  • 2information or allegations regarded as damaging or scandalous:the two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other

Phrases

drag someone/thing through the mud

slander or denigrate someone or something publicly: our names have been dragged through the mud

here's mud in your eye!

informal expressing good wishes before drinking.

someone's name is mud

informal someone is in disgrace or unpopular:if anything goes wrong, my name will be mud

Origin:

late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde

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