Meaning Of Muddle

v. t.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

v. t.

To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

v. t.

To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

v. t.

To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

v. i.

To dabble in mud.

v. i.

To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

n.

A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.