fuddle
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fuddle
- /ˈfʌdəl/
Rhymes with -ʌdəl
Where it comes from
Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
verb fuddles · fuddling · fuddled
- To confuse or befuddle. She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food
- To intoxicate. If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]
- 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!
noun fuddles
- Intoxication.
- Intoxicating drink; liquor.
- Muddle, confusion.
- 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.
