- (v.t.) To make turbid or muddy, as water.
- (v.t.) To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- (v.t.) To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- (v.t.) To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.
- (v.i.) To dabble in mud.
- (n.) A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
- (v.i.) To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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