What does "mud" mean?
Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.
Mud
/mʌd/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.
- Grammar: mud is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: abuse, adobe, baygall, bemire.
- Useful contrasts: clean, dry ground, dry land.
- Usage evidence: Please remove the mud from your shoes.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games. Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment. countable, uncountable
- 3 A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels. historical
- 4 slanderous remarks or charges wordnet
- 5 A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed. historical
- 7 water soaked soil; soft wet earth wordnet
- 8 Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured. countable, slang, uncountable
- 9 A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds. historical
- 10 Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties."
- 11 Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business. countable, slang, uncountable
- 12 Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex. countable, uncountable
- 13 A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale countable, uncountable
- 14 A black person. countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable
"That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers."
- 15 Drilling fluid. countable, uncountable
- 16 Coffee. countable, slang, uncountable
- 17 Opium. countable, slang, uncountable
"Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart."
- 18 Heroin. countable, slang, uncountable
- 19 Lean. US, countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something). transitive
- 2 To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon. Internet, intransitive
"Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]"
- 3 plaster with mud wordnet
- 4 To make turbid. transitive
- 5 soil with mud, muck, or mire wordnet
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- 6 To go under the mud, as an eel does. intransitive
Proper Noun
- 1 Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
"The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there."
Example
"Please remove the mud from your shoes."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mud"?
Common synonyms include: abuse, adobe, baygall, bemire, bog, bottom.
How do you use "mud" in a sentence?
Please remove the mud from your shoes.
How do you pronounce "mud"?
Pronounced /mʌd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), Erzya мода (moda, “earth, ground”) from Proto-Uralic *muďa).
Etymology 3
From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.
Etymology 4
From MUD.