noun
Meaning 1
Intoxication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fuddle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfʌdəl/
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rhymes with -ʌdəl
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noun
Meaning 2
Intoxicating drink; liquor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Muddle, confusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Derbyshire, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To confuse or befuddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To intoxicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To become intoxicated; to get drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 8
a confused multitude of things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disorderliness, disorder
Narrower terms: rummage
verb
Meaning 9
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: demoralize, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, disorient, disorientate
verb
Meaning 10
consume alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We were up drinking all night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drink, booze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Narrower terms: tank, port, claret, pub-crawl, bar hop, tipple, bib, souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up, wine, carry, hold
verb
Meaning 11
make stupid with alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: befuddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intoxicate, soak, inebriate
History
Etymology
Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: напиване (napivane) — Intoxication
- Bulgarian: пиянство (pijanstvo) — Intoxication
- Macedonian: пи́јанство (píjanstvo) — Intoxication
- Macedonian: пи́јаност (píjanost) — Intoxication
- Macedonian: опи́еност (opíenost) — Intoxication
- Bulgarian: объркване (obǎrkvane) — confusion
- Macedonian: збу́нетост (zbúnetost) — confusion
- Polish: bajzel — confusion
- Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — confuse or befuddle
- Macedonian: збу́ни (zbúni) — confuse or befuddle
- Bulgarian: напивам (napivam) — intoxicate
- German: trinken — intoxicate
- German: saufen — intoxicate
- German: sich betrinken — intoxicate
- German: betütern — intoxicate
- Macedonian: опи́јани (opíjani) — intoxicate
- Macedonian: о́пие (ópie) — intoxicate
- Macedonian: на́пие (nápie) — intoxicate