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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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Origin of muddler

First recorded in 1850–55; muddle + -er1

Words nearby muddler

muddle, muddle along, muddle through, muddlehead, muddleheaded, muddler, muddy, muddy the waters, mudeye, mudfat, mudfish
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Words related to muddler

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

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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012