MUCH – adjectives
– BOKOO, BOKU many, much …Bk2006 US sl.
– DILLY-BAGS much, plenty, many …1953 Aust. sl.
– LARGE much …1895 Amer. dial.
– MAD many, much, plenty of …1991 Amer. sl., esp. Black usage
– MUCHO much, a lot of …1942 US sl.
– MUCKLE much in quantity, abundant …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NIMIOUS † extravagant, excessive, over-much …c1485
much – adverbs
– ALL-FIRED extremely, very much …M19 US sl.
– ALMIGHTILY to a great extent; greatly; very much …1612
– ASS-KICKING a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully …1960s US sl.
– BACK really, very much, completely …1940s US Black sl.
– BULK many, much …1987
– BY MANY FARS by many degrees, very much …1790 Sc.
– DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much …L19
– DEAL much …1756 UK
– DESPERATE desperately, extremely, very much …1636
– FAR-ABOUT by far, very much, greatly …1848
– GALLUS extremely, very much …L18
– FRIGHTFULLY extremely, very much …1816
– HARD very much, extremely; intensely …1850 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– LARGE much …1968 Amer. dial.
– LIKE ASS to a great degree or extent; very much …1985
– LIKE DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH to a very great extent; very much …1950s US sl.
– LIKE MAD to an extraordinary extent; very much …1653 UK
– LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS to an extraordinary extent; very much …1938 Brit.
– MAIN very, much, greatly; quite …1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MAINLY † in a great degree; greatly, considerably, very much, a great deal …c1400-50
– MAINS very, much, greatly …1684 Eng. dial.
– MAUNTLY greatly; very much …1851 Eng. dial.
– MICKLE-WELL very much, greatly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIGHTILY † greatly, very much, considerably …1796 Eng. dial.
– MIGHTLY greatly, very much …1744 Amer. dial.
– MUCHLY greatly, much …1862 Amer. dial.
– MUCKLE much, greatly …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ODIOUSLY in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly …1877 Sc.
– PARTICULAR especially, very, very much …M19 sl.
– QUEINTLY greatly, very much …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMPING extremely, very much …E19 sl.
– SAIRLIE very much, thoroughly …1786 Sc.
– SIGHT very much …1928 UK sl.
– SOMETHING AWFUL to an extreme or striking extent or degree; very much, thoroughly, totally …1885
– TERRIBLY much, considerably …1876 Eng. dial.
– TO BEAT THE CARS extremely, exceedingly, very much …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– UNCOLIES strangely; very much; to an extreme degree …1874 Sc.
– UNCOLY very much, to a great or remarkable degree …1820 Sc.
– VENGEANCELY † extremely, exceedingly, very much …1622
– VERY very much, absolutely …2002 UK sl.
– WARM a great deal, much …20C W. Indies
– WITH A VENGEANCE to a great degree, very much …1568 UK
much – nouns
– HANTLE a large quantity or amount; a great deal …1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PACKAGE a lot, very much …1990s US Black sl.
much – phrases
– AS ALL GET OUT very much, to a great extent …M19 US sl.
– BIT TOO RANK, A somewhat too strong; too much of a good thing …1899 Eng. dial.
– RATHER OF THE RATHEREST just a little too much or too little …a1825
MUCK – nouns
– SUDS † dregs, leavings; hence, filth, muck …1548
MUCKY – adjectives
– CRUDDY dirty, mucky, filthy; unpleasant,disgusting …1877 sl.
– GUNGEY, GUNGY of a sticky or messy consistency; mucky, greasy, slimy …1962 sl.
– GUNKY unpleasantly viscous or sticky; messy, mucky; gooey …1937 colloq.
MUCUS – adjectives (also see NOSE)
– SNOT-NOSED having mucus running from the nose …colloq.
– SNOTTY running with or dirty with nasal mucus …1570 sl.
– SNOTTY-FACED having visible nasal mucus on the face …colloq.
– SNOTTY-NOSED having mucus running from the nose …colloq
mucus – nouns
– BIBBLES mucus from the nose …19C Sc.
– BILOU nasal mucus …1969 Amer. dial., nursery usage
– BIMBOMS anything hanging, as icicles, tags of a bonnet or dress, mucus hanging from the nose, cobwebs, etc. …1679 Eng. dial.
– BLACK MAN a piece of dried mucus in the nose …1962 Sc.
– BOAKIE dried nasal mucus …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOGEY a piece of dried nasal mucus …1937 Brit. sl.
– BOGIE a piece of nasal mucus …Aust. sl.
– BOGY a piece of dried nasal mucus …1937 Brit. sl.
– BOO mucus in the nose …1892 Amer. dial.
– BOO BOO mucus in the nose …1968 Amer. dial.
– BOO-DADDY nasal mucus …1987 Amer. dial.
– BOODIE dried nasal mucus …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGER nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye …1891 Amer. dial.
– BOOGIE mucus in the nose …1890 Amer. dial.
– BOWSEY nasal mucus …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUG nasal mucus …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUGGER dried nasal mucus …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– BUGGINS nasal mucus …1968 Amer. dial.
– CANDLE mucus hanging from the nose …1858
– CHEAP TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils …1968 Amer. dial.
– FAIPLE † anything loose and flaccid hanging from the nose …1825 Sc.
– FISH BAIT sticky mucus that forms in the nose …1966 Amer. dial.
– GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus …1938 Aust. sl.
– GREEN mucus …1997 UK sl.
– LAMB LEG nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils …1950 Amer. dial.
– LAMBS’ LEGS the snivel of a child’s neglected nose; nasal excrement …1811 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– LAMB’S QUARTERS nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils …1950 Amer. dial.
– LAMB’S TAIL nasal mucus; a bit of mucus hanging from the nostrils …1950 Amer. dial.
– LIEUY a piece of nasal mucus …1970s US sl.
– LOOEY a piece of nasal mucus …1970s US sl.
•.LOOIE a piece of nasal mucus …1970s US sl.
– LOUIE a piece of nasal mucus …1970s US sl.
– MELDROP a drop of mucus hanging from the nose …c1480 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NOSE-SHIT mucus, nasal residue …Brit. sl.
– OLD FOGEY a small lump of dried nasal mucus …1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘bogey’
– POKER a ball of mucus in the nose …1892 Amer. dial.
– SALT RHEUM † an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold …1590
– SLUG a ball of mucus in the nose …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SNOB nasal mucus …19C Brit. colloq.
– SNOIT nasal mucus …B1900 Sc.
– SNOT nasal mucus …c1425 sl.
– SNOTERGOB nasal mucus …L17 Brit.
– SNOTS gobs of nasal mucus …20C US colloq.
– SNOTTER nasal mucus; often plural …L17 Sc.
– SNOTTERGOB nasal mucus …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SNOTTERY nasal mucus or filth
– TAILOR’S SWEAT a drop of mucus at the nose …1972 Sc. jocular
mucus – verbs
– BOGEY to expel snot from the nose …Aust. sl.
– BOGIE to expel snot from the nose …Aust. sl.
– BOOGER to expel snot from the nose …Aust. sl.
– BOOGIE to expel snot from the nose …Aust. sl.
– SNOT to blow the nose or wipe mucus from the nose …16C
MUD, MUDDY – adjectives
– BASHY wet, rainy, muddy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BATTLED bespattered with mud; trampled down …1820 Sc.
– CABAGGED covered with mud or dust, dirty …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CABAGGLED covered with mud or dust, dirty …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CABBY sticky, adhesive, dirty, muddy; used also of weather …1889 Eng. dial.
– CACKY sticky, muddy …1968 Amer. dial.
– DOBY of mud: sticky …1896 Amer. dial.
– DUNGY covered in or spattered with dung; soiled or polluted with dung or filth; dirty, filthy; mucky, muddy …c1450
– EARTH-CLOWED having mud stuck about the feet …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed …1744-50 Eng. dial.
– GUMLY † muddy, turbid …1787 Sc.
– GUTTERY miry, muddy …1808 Eng. dial.
– KEDDENED covered over with mud or dust …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– KEDDENED AND CABAGED. having the boots covered with mud; dirty …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– LABBERED-UP very much besmeared with mud …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAGGERY miry, muddy …1825 Sc.
– LAGGY muddy, mucky, damp …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAIRED dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud …1849 Eng. dial.
– LAIRY adj. miry, muddy, swampy …a1825 Sc.
– LIGGY muddy, mucky, damp …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LIMOUS † muddy, slimy …c1420
– LUTARIOUS †* inhabiting mud …1681
– LUTARY †* inhabiting mud …1661
– LUTEOUS † pert. to mud …1656
– LUTULENT † muddy, turbid …c1600
– OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PLUFF of mud: of a fine, silty texture …1853 Amer. dial.
– PLUFFY of mud: of a fine, silty texture …1941 Amer. dial.
– SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy …1823 orig. Eng. dial.
- SLUTCHY † muddy, slushy …E18 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– STODGY muddy; oozy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SUDDY † muddy, turbid, thick …1587
– WOOZY muddy; oozy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
mud, muddy – nouns (includes MUDDINESS)
– BLUDDER mud; any dirty or disgusting liquid or semi-liquid substance …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLUITER mud; any dirty stuff …Bk1911 Sc.
– CLART mud or filth …E19 Eng. dial.
– DRUMBLE mud, etc. raised by disturbing water …1865 Sc.
– ELT mud, mire …1928 Sc.
– FANC †* mud …1340
– FLANDERS EARTH mud …World War I army sl.
– GAG a filthy mass of any substance, liquid, or semi-liquid; mire, mud …1866 Sc.
– GAR any slimy, filthy, or muddy substance; that produced by algae in a pond or river; green seaweed; any sticky, miry mess …1808 Sc.
– GARRY-CLATCH any slimy or sticky mixture, as slimy mud …1954 Sc.
– GLUEPOT a muddy place
– GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh …1824 Sc. & Irish
– GUMBO heavy mud …sl.
– GUTTERS mud, filth …1785 Sc.
– IPER any foul liquid, ooze, mud, or sewage …1880 Sc.
– JAUP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– JAWP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– KEECH a large lump, esp. of mud …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– LAGGER mire, mud, a soft, muddy place …1866 Sc.
– LAGGERS mud spots …Bk1902 Sc.
– LAIR † clay, mire, mud …a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LAIR-HOLE a boggy spot; a muddy hole …1889 Eng. dial.
– LARE a wet, muddy or boggy spot; a mire …a1976 Sc.
– LETCH a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole; a bog …1138 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LOBLOLLY ooze, mud, a mud-hole, mire; a slushy mess …1865 Amer. dial.
– LUTULENCE * muddiness; mud, dirt …1727
– MUCK anything nasty, as dirt, mud, sweat, feces, etc. …13C
– PANT mud, mire …1895 Eng. dial.
– PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground …1920 Sc.
– PASH a soft, decayed, rotten, or pulpy mass; a state of mud and slush; a puddle …1856 Eng. dial.
– SCLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin …1895 Sc.
– SKLATCH an unseemly mass of anything semi-liquid; a large clot of mud or filth; a large spot or mark on the skin …1895 Sc.
– SLUR † thin or fluid mud …ME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SLUTCH † mud, mire, slush …M17 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SPOSH a mixture of mud and water; slush, soft snow mixed with water in thawing weather; water partially frozen …1845 US
– URE mud, clay …Bk1905 Sc.
mud, muddy – verbs
– BATTER to splash with mud …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BATTLE to besmear with mud; to walk about a room with dirty feet …Bk1898 Sc.
– BELUTE to cover with mud or dirt …1760
– BESPATTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESPOTTLE to bespatter, to cover with mud or dirt …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLART to fall flat in the mud …Bk1911 Sc.
– DINGE to become muddy, murky, or unclear, as a creek after a rain …1953 Amer. dial.
– EASE to bemire, to splash with mud …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ENMUD † to enclose or bury in mud …1611
– GAR to muddy …1880 Sc.
– IMMUD † to enclose or bury in mud …1644
– LAG † to daggle, to render wet or muddy …c1440
– LALLOP to walk among soft mud …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MEUGLE to dabble in mud …Bk1905 Sc.
– REAP to gather up dirt by trailing on the ground; to trail in the mud …1884 Eng. dial.
MUDDIED – adjectives
– BELAGGED weighted with mud, muddied …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE – nouns
– BALK a muddle; a stoppage …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BALLS a botch, a muddle …1889 sl.
– BALLS-UP a real mix-up; a mess, muddle; a chaotic state of affairs; a fiasco, a disaster …1929 sl.
– BEES a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle …Bk1911 Sc.
– FAKEMENT a muddle, confusion …1892 Eng. dial.
– FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament …1818 Sc.
– FAUCHLE a muddle, a state of confusion …1952 Sc.
– FRIGG-UP a mess, a muddle …20C Aust. & US euphemism for ‘fuck-up’
– FRIG-UP a mess, a muddle …20C Aust. & US euphemism for ‘fuck-up’
– F.U. a ‘foul-up’ or ‘fuck-up’; a grave muddle …M20
– FUZZ †* a fuddled or muddled state …1711
– GUDDLE a muddled affair; a mix-up; confusion …colloq.
– HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle …1797 Sc.
– HAISTER † a confusion, a muddle …1824 Sc.
– HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot …1866 Sc.
– HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot …1866 Sc.
– HASTRIE † a confusion, a muddle …1824 Sc.
– HIBBLEDY-HOBBLEDY a confused mass, a muddle …1895 Eng. dial.
– JABBLE confusion, agitation, esp. of speech; an incoherent muddle …1894 Sc.
– JACKPOT a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest …1887 Amer. sl.
– KEEGER a mess; an untidy mixture; a muddle …1910 Sc.
– KIGGER a mess; an untidy mixture; a muddle …1910 Sc.
– LAGGERY a mess; a state of muddle or chaos …1914 Sc.
– MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle …1875 Eng. dial.
– MANCH a confused mass; a mess; a muddle; fig. a blunder, a dilemma …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MANG a mixture, a muddle, a confusion …1880 Sc.
– MASH a confused mixture; also, a muddle …1598
– MASHMENT a muddle …1790 Eng. dial.
– MAUNGE a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble …1876 Eng. dial.
– MESSMENT a mess; a confused, disorderly, or dirty condition; a muddle, a confusion; anything unpalatable …1889 Eng. dial.
– MIRD an accumulation; a close-packed and confused crowd; a muddle …1895 Sc.
– MISH-MASH a state of confusion; a muddle …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MIX a muddle, a mess …L19 sl.
– MOMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle …1875 Eng. dial.
– MOMMUX a muddle; a botch …1869 Amer. sl.
– MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
– MUCK-UP a complete failure; confusion or muddle; a botch …L19 colloq.
– MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle …1875 Eng. dial.
– MUSS a state of disorder; a muddle …19C US & Can. colloq.
– PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle …a1838 Sc.
– PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle …a1838 Sc.
– PARGIS a dirty mess, a muddle, a filthy condition …1929 Sc.
– PIG’S BREAKFAST something unattractive or unappetizing; a mess; a muddle …1933 colloq.
– PUDDLE a muddle, a mess …16C colloq. & Eng. dial.
– QUIGGER a hotchpotch; a mess, as of badly-cooked food; a muddle or botch in general …1967 Sc.
– RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion …1891 Sc.
– TAGRAGGERY a hotchpotch; a muddle or mix-up; any heterogeneous mass of bits and pieces; a confusion of loose ends …1837
– TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line …1925 Sc.
– VAKE a piece of business; a muddle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
muddle – person
– HAGGLE a person who has no method and is always in a muddle …1929 Sc.
– HASH a stupid person; a person who ‘makes a hash’ of his words, etc., one who is careless or muddled in speech or action …1655 Sc.
– MESSER a bungler; a muddler …c1905 Brit. colloq.
– TODDY-STICK a muddler, one who ‘messes things around’ …M19 sl.
muddle – verbs
– ADDLE to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive …c1712
– BARBULYE to confuse, to muddle, to disorder …c1572 Sc. arch.
– BEMUD to confuse, to muddle …1599
– BEMUDDLE to confuse or muddle completely …1862
– BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle …1891
– F.U. to ‘foul-up’ or ‘fuck-up’ …M20
– FUZZLE † to intoxicate, to make drunk; to confuse, to muddle …1621
– HAGGLE to cut unevenly; to hack or mangle; to bungle, to make a muddle of anything …1599
– MADDLE to perplex; to muddle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAFFLE † to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle, to confuse, to bewilder …1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAKE A BOX OF to muddle …20C Aust. sl.
– MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIZZLE to confuse, to muddle …1938 Amer. dial.
– MULL to spoil, to muddle …1862 Brit. colloq., orig. & chiefly athletics usage
– QUIGGER to work in something messy or in an ineffectual, messy or muddling way …1960 Sc.
– RAMFEEZLE to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
– RAMFOOZLE to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
– RAVEL to get into a confusion or tangle; to entangle, to disorder, to muddle …1791 Sc.
– TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle …1898 Sc.
– TAZZLE to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly …1948 Amer. dial.
– TAZZLE UP to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly …1948 Amer. dial.
– TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange …1939 Amer. dial.
MUDDLED – adjectives
– ADDLE muddled, confused …1612
– ADDLE-BRAINED confused, muddled, stupid …1866
– ADDLED confused, muddled …1732
– ADDLED AS AN EGG bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ADDLE-HEADED confused, muddled, stupid …a1670
– ADDLE-PATED confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed …1630
– ADRIFT bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ARSE ABOUT FACE contrary to what is usually, expected or logical; confused, muddled perverse …1923 UK sl.
– ARSEWARD contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back-to-front, muddled, perverse …c1386
– ARSEY-VERSEY, ARSIE-VARSIE, ARSEY-VARSEY, ARSY-VARSY, ARSY-VERSY back-to-front, muddled perverse …1628 sl.
– ASS-BACKWARD back-to-front, muddled perverse …1952 sl.
– ASS-BACKWARDS back-to-front, muddled perverse …1934 sl.
– ASSED UP bewildered; muddled …1932 Amer. dial.
– AT SIX AND SEVEN bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– AT SIXES AND SEVENS confused, bewildered; muddled; also denotes disorganization or disorder …1670
– BACK-ASSWARD(S) confused, muddled, backwards …1940s US sl.
– BALLED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BATTY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLUEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BOTHER-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, muddled …1872
– BUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLOUDY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COBWEBBED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CORKSCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DIZZY-DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOPEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOTTY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLAK HAPPY slap-happy; slightly muddled mentally …World War II Amer. sl.
– FLOOEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLUFFY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOGGED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOGGY obscure or confused; bewildered; perplexed; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOGGY IN THE UPPER STORY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FRAZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled …1883 Amer. sl.
– FUDDLED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUZZLED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUZZY-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GEED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GEED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GEEZED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GEEZED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOFY bewildered; confused; muddled …1910s sl.
– GROGGY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAIZIE muddled; crazy, weak in understanding …1836 Sc.
– IN A FLAT SPIN bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A FLAT SPIN IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A FOG bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A FUDDLE bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN A GROUND LOOP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN THE FOG bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN THE WOODS bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JAMBLED bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled, befuddled; awry …1745 Amer. dial.
– JIGGERED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JINGLE-BRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JINGLED bewildered; confused; muddled; disconcerted …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOOPED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MAFFLED confused, muddled …1820 Eng. dial.
– MANGED confused, muddled, crazed …1825 Sc.
– MESSED UP bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MIZZLED confused, muddled …1984 Amer. dial.
– MIZZLING confused, muddled …1950 Amer. dial.
– MUCKIBUS † intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink …1756 sl.
– MUDDLE-HEADED bewildered; confused; muddled …M18
– MUDDY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MUZZY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OBFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; muddled …1834 Amer. sl.
– OFF AT THE NAIL muddled, confused, beyond the bounds of reason …1721 Sc.
– OFF ONE’S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken …1891 US sl.
– PIED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RAMFEEZLED confused, muddled, stupefied …1786 Sc.
– RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied …1786 Sc.
– RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
– RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
– RATTLE-BEANED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RAVELLED 1. tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties …1721 Sc.
2. confused in mind, muddled; rambling, incoherent, delirious …1866 Sc.
– SCRAMBLEBRAINED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAMBLED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREWY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNOWED-IN bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAP-AND-TEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly …1827 Sc.
– TAPSALTEERIE chaotic, muddled, disorderly …1827 Sc.
– TWISTED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UNDER THE ETHER bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UP THE POLE muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken …L19 sl.
– UP THE PUTT confused, incorrect; muddled, wrong …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
– WALKING ON ONE’S HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WALKING ON ROUND HEELS bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WIRES CROSSED bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WONKEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WOOL-GATHERED muddled, bewildered, distracted …1891 Amer. dial.
– WOOZEY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WOOZY bewildered; confused; muddled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
muddled – person
– HASH a stupid person; a person who ‘makes a hash’ of his words, etc., one who is careless or muddled in speech or action …1655 Sc.
muddled – verbs
– BEMUSE to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy …1735
MUDDLE-HEADED – adjectives
– CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed …1719 Sc.
– CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed …1769 Sc.
– DUNT stupefied, numbed, dazed; stupid, foolish, dizzy, muddle-headed …1787 Eng. dial.
– DUNTY stupid, muddle-headed …1960 Eng. dial.
– EEDLE-DEEDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed …a1880
– EEDLE-DODDLE easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed …a1880
– TAIVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted …1818 Sc.
– TAVERT stupefied with drink; stupid, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted …1818 Sc.
muddle-headed – person
– BLUNDERHEAD a blundering, confused, muddle-headed fellow …1697
– WARP-HEAD a silly muddle-headed person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MUDDLE-HEADEDNESS – nouns
– ADDLE-HEADEDNESS confusion, muddle-headedness …1835
– ADDLEMENT confusion, muddle-headedness …1859
– ADDLING muddling of the wits …1843
– KENNEL WITS † muddy brains, confusion, muddle-headedness …1598
MUDDLER – person
– MESSER a bungler; a muddler …c1905 Brit. colloq.
MUDDY – see MUD
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