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muddler

[ muhd-ler ]
/ ˈmʌd lər /
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noun

a swizzle stick with an enlarged tip for stirring drinks, crushing fruit or sugar, etc.
a person who muddles or muddles through.
a miller's thumb.

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RELATED WORDS

clod, donkey, dunce, blunderer, butterfingers, klutz, dolt, bonehead, idiot, butcher, botcher, incompetent, fool, numskull, blockhead, ignoramus, duffer, bumbler, spoiler, foul-up

Nearby words

  1. muddle along,
  2. muddle through,
  3. muddled,
  4. muddlehead,
  5. muddleheaded,
  6. muddy,
  7. muddy the waters,
  8. mudeye,
  9. mudfat,
  10. mudfish

Origin of muddler

First recorded in 1850–55; muddle + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for muddler

muddler

/ (ˈmʌdlə) /

noun

a person who muddles or muddles through
US an instrument for mixing drinks thoroughly
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