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muddling up

muddling up is the present participle and gerund of muddle up.

Meaning of muddle up

Verb

muddle up (third-person singular simple present muddles up, present participle muddling up, simple past and past participle muddled up)

  1. (transitive) to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)
    • Whenever I meet the twins, I always muddle up their names. I call John Jim, and Jim John.
  2. (transitive) To mix together
    • muddle up the letters in the word, and try to make new ones.

Questions about muddling up

What is muddling up the present participle and gerund of?
Muddling up is the present participle and gerund of muddle up.

Words near muddling up in the dictionary

  1. muddliness
  2. muddling
  3. muddling along
  4. muddling the waters
  5. muddling through
  6. muddling up
  7. muddlingly
  8. muddlings
  9. muddly
  10. Muddock
  11. muddwelling

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