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mudge

/mʌd͡ʒ/

mudge noun: mud; sludge.

Noun

mudge (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) mud; sludge

Verb

mudge (third-person singular simple present mudges, present participle mudging, simple past and past participle mudged)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To move oneself; to stir.
    • He could kill a man, I verily believe, without ever bitin' him—just by doonin' him wi' the waght o' his body and his paws, and then lying on the tap o' him, growlin' to throttle and devour him if he mudged.1827, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 21, page 913

Proper noun capitalized: Mudge

Mudge (plural Mudges)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mudge

Verb
third-person singular presentmudges
present participlemudging
past participlemudged
pastmudged
Proper noun
pluralMudges

Origin of mudge

Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c.

Possibly an alteration of budge, under the influence of move.

Words that rhyme with mudge

8 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mudge

What does mudge mean?
Mudge means mud; sludge.
What part of speech is mudge?
Mudge can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mudge?
Mudge is pronounced /mʌd͡ʒ/.

Words near mudge in the dictionary

  1. mudflation
  2. mudflats
  3. mudflow
  4. mudflows
  5. Mudford
  6. mudge
  7. mudged
  8. Mudgee
  9. Mudgegonga
  10. mudges
  11. Mudgett

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