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mud

Definition

  • noun: soft, wet dirt
  • noun: a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water
  • verb: to make muddy or turbid
  • usually used in the phrase 'one's name is mud'
  • synonyms: earth, dirt, mire

Examples

  • The candidates started 'slinging mud' (at each other) early in the campaign.

  • His shoes were covered with 'mud'. = His shoes were caked in/with 'mud'.

  • The scandal ruined his reputation and now 'his name is mud'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) it wouldn't be called the wild, would it? -The wild? -Whoa. Hold up there a second, fuzzbucket. You mean, like, the "live in a mud hut, wipe yourself with a leaf" type wild? -Who wipes? -Oy vey. -Oy vey! -Oy vey, everybody! (..)
    2005 Madagascar