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mud machine

mud machine noun: a system or program (e.g. a campaign or newspaper) considered particularly busy at throwing mud at, that is defaming, a certain target, usually for political reasons.

Noun

mud machine (plural mud machines)

  1. A system or program (e.g. a campaign or newspaper) considered particularly busy at throwing mud at, that is defaming, a certain target, usually for political reasons.
    • In response, the Democrats cranked up their own mud machine.2008, Kerwin C. Swint, Mudslingers, Union Square Press, page 82
    • This is not the only effect of such a system of (dis)information: as many authors underlined, the subversive power underlying the functioning of the mud machine seems to be even more devastating since it achieves its goal simply extending its menacing shadow over potential objectives.2012, Michele Sorice, Assessing Communication. Integrated Approaches in Political, Social and Business Context, LUISS University Press, p. 64.

Forms of mud machine

pluralmud machines

Questions about mud machine

What does mud machine mean?
Mud machine means a system or program (e.g. a campaign or newspaper) considered particularly busy at throwing mud at, that is defaming, a certain target, usually for political reasons.
What part of speech is mud machine?
Mud machine is a noun.
What is the plural of mud machine?
The plural of mud machine is mud machines.

Words near mud machine in the dictionary

  1. mud kitchen
  2. mud kitchens
  3. Mud Lake
  4. mud lobster
  5. mud lobsters
  6. mud machine
  7. mud machines
  8. mud map
  9. mud maps
  10. mud minnow
  11. mud monkey

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