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MUD¹

  • /mʌd/

Sounds like mud · Rhymes with -ʌd

noun MUDs

  1. Internet, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.multi-user dungeon

MUD²

  • /mʌd/

Sounds like mud · Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”).

proper noun

  1. 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.

mud³

  • /mʌd/
  • /mʊd/ Northern England

Sounds like MUD · Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

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”)).

noun muds

  1. countable, uncountable A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
  2. countable, uncountable A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
  3. countable, slang, uncountable Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
  4. countable, figuratively, uncountable Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents. The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
  5. countable, slang, uncountable Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
  6. countable, uncountable Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
  7. countable, uncountable A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  8. countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable A black person. That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.
  9. countable, uncountable Drilling fluid.
  10. countable, slang, uncountable Coffee.
  11. countable, slang, uncountable Opium. Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
  12. countable, slang, uncountable Heroin.
  13. US, countable, slang, uncountable Lean.
  14. countable, uncountable real property in English Land Law

verb muds · mudding · mudded

  1. transitive To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
  2. transitive To make turbid.
  3. intransitive To go under the mud, as an eel does.

mud⁴

  • /mʌd/
  • /mʊd/ Northern England

Sounds like MUD · Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.

noun muds · mudden

  1. historical A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
  2. historical A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
  3. historical A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.

Similar: Dutch bushel, bushel, muid

mud⁵

  • /mʌd/
  • /mʊd/ Northern England

Sounds like MUD · Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

From MUD.

verb muds · mudding · mudded

  1. Internet, intransitive To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon. Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]

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