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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

  • (..) while we were out? Let me think. No! Edith! What did you put on my desk? A mud pie. You're never gonna get adopted, Edith. You know that, don't you? - Yeah, I know. - Good. So, how did it go, girls? (..)
    2010 Despicable Me