muddler

American  

[muhd-ler] / ˈmʌd lər /

noun

1. a swizzle stick with an enlarged tip for stirring drinks, crushing fruit or sugar, etc.

2. a person who muddles or muddles through.

3. a miller's thumb.

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muddler British  

/ ˈmʌdlə /

noun

1. a person who muddles or muddles through

2. an instrument for mixing drinks thoroughly

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Etymology

Origin of muddler

First recorded in 1850–55; muddle + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Drop the other caperberry at the bottom of a cocktail shaker and crush it with a muddler, so that it’s torn open and the inner seeds are well exposed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

"Of course he's a bad painter," says Clark, when I suggest that some critics consider Lowry to be more muddler than stylist.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2013

We used Worden Lures 1/6th oz black Roostertail spinners or #6 cone head muddler minnows with a small Mack's Lures smile blade in front for an attractor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2013

Finally his prose is etched with a toothpick, not a muddler.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2012

They would have him the craziest muddler and the most easily swindled imbecile outside Fleet Street—where alone wisdom is to be found.

From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Begbie, Harold