transitive verb
-·dled, -·dling to confuse or stupefy as with alcoholic liquor; befuddle
Origin of fuddle
akin uncertain or unknown; perhaps to German dialect, dialectal fuddeln, to swindleRare to drink heavily; tipple
a fuddled condition
fuddle
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fuddle
verb
fud·dled, fud·dling, fud·dlesverb
transitive- To put into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at befuddle.
- To make drunk; intoxicate.
verb
intransitiveTo drink; tipple.
noun
A state of confusion or intoxication.
Origin of fuddle
Origin unknownTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present fuddles, present participle fuddling, simple past and past participle fuddled)
- To confuse or befuddle.
- To intoxicate.
Noun
(plural fuddles)
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