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Mud is wet or sticky dirt, or nasty and uncomplimentary remarks about someone.

(noun)

An example of mud is what dirt turns into after a heavy rain.
An example of mud is when a politician accuses his opponent of doing something illegal; the politician would be slinging mud.

See mud in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

wet, soft, sticky earth
defamatory remarks; libel or slander

Origin: ME, prob. < a LowG source as in mudde < IE *meut < base *meu-, wet, musty > moss, mother

transitive verb mudded, mudding

to cover or soil with or as with mud; muddy

See mud in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.
Slang Wet plaster, mortar, or cement.
Slanderous or defamatory charges or comments: slinging mud at his opponent.

transitive verb mud·ded, mud·ding, muds

To cover or spatter with or as if with mud.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mudde

Origin: , probably from Middle Low German

Origin: and Middle Dutch modde

noun

A computer program, usually running over the Internet, that allows multiple users to participate in virtual-reality role-playing games.

Origin:

Origin: m(ulti-)u(ser) d(ungeon)

Origin: , m(ulti-)u(ser) d(imension)

Origin: and m(ulti-)u(ser) d(omain)

Related Forms:

MUDˈder noun

MUDˈding noun

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