mud

UK /mʌd/ US /mʌd/

noun 9verb 4name 1

Definitions

noun

Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.

name

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.

noun

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.

Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.

Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.

Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deep

glutinous, thick

hard

liquid, soft, sticky, wet

dried, dry

The children scraped dry mud off their boots before entering the house.

black, brown, grey, red

VERB + MUD

be caked in/with, be covered in/with, be plastered with, be smeared with, be streaked with mud

After playing in the garden, the children were covered in mud from head to toe.

get/become bogged (down) in, get stuck in

The hikers got stuck in the mud and had to turn back before dark.

churn sth into, turn (sth) to

Heavy rain turned the football field to mud, so the match was cancelled.

wallow in

The children were wallowing in the mud after the heavy rain yesterday.

spatter (sb/sth with)

MUD + VERB

ooze

The thick mud began to ooze slowly across the garden path after the heavy rain.

crack

After weeks without rain, the mud on the riverbank began to crack into hard pieces.

MUD + NOUN

brick, floor, house, hut

flats

PREP

in the ~

The children were playing in the mud after the heavy rain.

through the ~

The children ran through the mud after it rained heavily in the garden.

PHRASES

a layer of mud, a sea of mud

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — water soaked soil

clay

verb — soil with mud, muck, or mire

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

To attempt the same strategy or technique (or similar ones) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.

2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at https://web.archive.org/web/20060117103951/http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2001/01/19/story7064.asp on 02

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick

Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.

2005, Mike Busson (poster on UKScreen forum) Re: Voiceovers!, read at http://www.ukscreen.com/board/General/0/28899 on 02 Nov 06, In terms of places to send your URL or CD's, there

stick in the mud

A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper.

Have a little fun sometimes and don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.

mud monkey

Refers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material.

He's a mud monkey digging all-day, gathering clay for his sculpture.

happy as a pig in mud

Very happy or content.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.

Wiktionary

That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.

Wiktionary

How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]

Wiktionary

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 s

Wiktionary

Please remove the mud from your shoes.

Tatoeba · #18115

Usage Notes

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