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English Idioms :: mud
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mud - See: NAME IS MUD, STICK-IN-THE-MUD. |
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Traditional English :: mud
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mud - n. 1 wet soft earthy matter. 2 hard ground from the drying of an area of this. 3 what is worthless or polluting. as clear as mud colloq. not at all clear. fling (or sling or throw) mud speak disparagingly or slanderously. here's mud in your eye! colloq. a drinking-toast. mud-bath 1 a bath in the mud of mineral springs, esp. to relieve rheumatism etc.
2 a muddy scene or occasion. mud-brick a brick made from baked mud. mud-flat a stretch of muddy land left uncovered at low tide. mud pack a cosmetic paste applied thickly to the face. mud pie mud made into a pie shape by a child. mud puppy US a large nocturnal salamander, Necturus maculosus, of eastern USA. mud skipper any of various gobies of the family Periophthalmidae, able to leave the water and leap on the mud. mud-slinger colloq. one given to making abusive or disparaging remarks. mud-slinging colloq. abuse, disparagement. mud volcano a volcano discharging mud. one's name is mud one is unpopular or in disgrace. [ME mode, mudde, prob. f. MLG mudde, MHG mot bog] |
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Related Words
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turtle
bath
bog
brad
paisley
tire
client
dauber
wasp
drag
new
earth
flap
girl
g
guard
puddle
she
hate
me
toledo
hen
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Most Often Usage
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mud turtle
mud bath
mud bog
brad paisley mud on the tire
mud client
mud dauber wasp
mud dauber
mud drag
new earth mud
mud flap girl
g mud
mud guard
puddle of mud she hate me
toledo mud hen
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