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Mudge

//mʌd͡ʒ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    mud; sludge UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To move oneself; to stir. Scotland, intransitive, obsolete

    "He could kill a man, I verily believe, without ever bitin' him—just by doonin' him wi' the waght o' his body and his paws, and then lying on the tap o' him, growlin' to throttle and devour him if he mudged."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c.

Etymology 2

Possibly an alteration of budge, under the influence of move.

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