Definitions for muddy

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muddy mud·dy

Spelling: [muhd-ee]

IPA: /ˈmʌd i/

Muddy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in muddy (ddmuy).

Definitions for muddy

adjective

1. abounding in or covered with mud.
2. not clear or pure:
3. cloudy with sediment:
4. dull, as the complexion.
5. not clear mentally.
6. obscure or vague, as thought, expression, or literary style.
7. Horse Racing. denoting the condition of a track after a heavy, continuous rainfall has ceased and been completely absorbed into the surface, leaving it the consistency of thick mud.

verb (used with object)

1. to make muddy; soil with mud.
2. to make turbid.
3. to cause to be confused or obscure.

verb (used without object)

1. to become muddy.

Origin of muddy

First recorded in 1375-1425, muddy is from the late Middle English word muddi. See mud, -y¹

Examples for muddy

Light must be brought into this dark, muddy, stinking labyrinth.

To actually get out into a muddy field for a change and have some bombs go off certainly beat sitting around a dining room table.

muddy came in week after week to ask when it would hit stores.

The Earthman rubbed sweat from his eyes with the back of a muddy hand.

But these songs by muddy—no one had ever made commercial records like this.

None of them are muddy, or metallic, or dingy, as are too many blues and lavenders.

All the cabins of the coloured inhabitants had fallen into the muddy waters.

He washed his eye with this muddy liquid, and prayed fervently.

In late April or early May 1955, Chuck approached muddy Waters about recording, and muddy sent him to Leonard Chess.

When muddy got the message, he ran to a phone and called his boss.