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mud noun 1 a soft, wet earth; b as adj • mud pie. 2 any semi-solid mixture that resembles this. 3 colloq insults; slanderous attacks • throw mud at someone. clear as mud colloq not at all clear. here's mud in your eye Brit facetious, colloq an exclamation used as a drinking-toast. my, his, etc name is mud colloq I am, he is, etc disgraced or out of favour.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.

mud noun 1 a soft, wet earth; b as adj • mud pie. 2 any semi-solid mixture that resembles this. 3 colloq insults; slanderous attacks • throw mud at someone. clear as mud colloq not at all clear. here's mud in your eye Brit facetious, colloq an exclamation used as a drinking-toast. my, his, etc name is mud colloq I am, he is, etc disgraced or out of favour.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.

mud noun 1 a soft, wet earth; b as adj • mud pie. 2 any semi-solid mixture that resembles this. 3 colloq insults; slanderous attacks • throw mud at someone. clear as mud colloq not at all clear. here's mud in your eye Brit facetious, colloq an exclamation used as a drinking-toast. my, his, etc name is mud colloq I am, he is, etc disgraced or out of favour.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.