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oozy, slimy, slushy; also clayey, loamy, silty; bedraggled; dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, impure, squalid, unclean, uncleanly

[2] cloudy, turbid—more at CLOUDY

2muddy verb 1 : to soil or stain with or as if with mud

2 a : to make indistinct

b : to disturb in mind or purpose : CONFUSE

— mud·di·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] befoul, begrime, besmirch, blacken, dirty, foul, grime, mire, smirch, soil, stain—more at DIRTY

[2a] becloud, befog, blur, cloud, confuse, fog—more at CONFUSE

mud·flat noun : a level tract alternately covered and left bare by the tide

mud·guard noun : a guard over or a flap behind a wheel of a vehicle to catch or deflect mud

mud·room noun : a room in a house for removing dirty or wet footwear and clothing

mud·sling·er noun : one who uses invective esp. against a political opponent

— mud·sling·ing noun

Muen·ster noun : a semisoft bland cheese

mu·ez·zin noun : a Muslim crier who calls the hour of daily prayer

1muff noun : a warm tubular covering for the hands

2muff verb : to act or do (something) stupidly or clumsily

Synonyms

bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, foul up, fumble, mangle, mess, murder—more at BOTCH

3muff noun : a bungling performance; especially : a failure to hold a ball in attempting a catch

— muff verb

muf·fin noun : a small soft cake baked in a cup-shaped container

muf·fle verb muf·fled; muf·fling 1 : to wrap up so as to conceal or protect

2 : to wrap or pad with something to dull the sound of

3 : to keep down : SUPPRESS

muf·fler noun 1 : a scarf worn around the neck

2 : a device (as on a car's exhaust) to deaden noise

muf·ti noun : civilian clothes

1mug noun 1 : a usu. metal or earthenware cylindrical drinking cup

2 : the face or mouth of a person

3 : a usu. petty gangster, hoodlum, or ruffian

Synonyms

[2] countenance, face, visage

[3] bully, gangster, goon, hood, hoodlum, mobster, punk, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough—more at HOODLUM

2mug verb mugged; mug·ging 1 : to pose or make faces esp. to attract attention or for a camera

2 : to take a photograph of : PHOTOGRAPH

3mug verb mugged; mug·ging : to assault usu. with intent to rob

— mug·ger noun

mug·gy adjective mug·gi·er; -est : being warm and humid

— mug·gi·ness noun

Synonyms

humid, sticky, sultry—more at HUMID

mug·wump noun [ORIGIN: obs. slang mugwump kingpin, fr. Massachusett (Algonquian language of New England) mugquomp war leader]

: an independent in politics

Mu·ham·mad·an noun : MUSLIM

— Mu·ham·mad·an·ism noun

mu·ja·hid·een or mu·ja·hed·in noun plural [ORIGIN: Ar mujāhidīn, pl. of mujāhid, lit., person who wages jihad]

: Islamic guerrilla fighters esp. in the Middle East

muk·luk noun 1 : an Eskimo boot of sealskin or reindeer skin

2 : a boot with a soft leather sole worn over several pairs of socks

mu·lat·to noun, plural -toes or -tos [ORIGIN: Sp mulato, fr. mulo mule, fr. L mulus]

: a first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person; also : a person of mixed white and black ancestry

mul·ber·ry noun : any of a genus of trees with edible berrylike fruit and leaves used as food for silkworms; also : the fruit

mulch noun : a protective covering (as of straw or leaves) spread on the ground esp. to reduce evaporation or control weeds

— mulch verb

1mulct noun : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense : FINE, PENALTY

2mulct verb 1 : FINE

2 : to defraud esp. of money : CHEAT

Synonyms

bleed, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle, victimize—more at FLEECE

1mule noun 1 : a hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

2 : a very stubborn person

2mule noun : a slipper whose upper does not extend around the heel of the foot

mule deer noun : a long-eared deer of western No. America

mu·le·teer noun : one who drives mules

mul·ish adjective : unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate

— mul·ish·ly adverb

Synonyms

dogged, hardheaded,

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