mud

plural muds

1. countableuncountableA mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
2. countableuncountableA plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
3. countableslanguncountablebusinessWet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
4. countablefigurativelyuncountableWillfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

   The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.

5. countableslanguncountableMoney, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
6. countableuncountableStool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
7. countableuncountablegeographyA particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
8. countablederogatoryethnicslangsluruncountableA black person.

   That includes muds, spics, kikes and niggers.

   2013, Bill Pezza, Homegrown

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   How could they be so gullible to think peace and love could be achieved with the muds burning down our cities […]

   2015, Christian Picciolini, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead

9. countableuncountableDrilling fluid.
10. countableslanguncountableCoffee.
11. countableslanguncountableOpium.

    Brown Stuff, or Mud . . . Opium

    [1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, Glossary, page 153

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    Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.

    1951 December 20, William S. Burroughs, “To Allen Ginsberg”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, →ISBN, page 98

12. countableslanguncountableHeroin.
13. UScountableslanguncountableLean.
14. countableuncountablereal property in English Land Law

present singular third person muds · participle present mudding · participle past mudded · past mudded

1. transitiveTo make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
2. transitiveTo make turbid.
3. intransitiveTo go under the mud, as an eel does.

plural muds · plural mudden

1. historicalA traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
2. historicalA traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
3. historicalA kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.

plural muds

1. Alternative letter-case form of MUD (“multi-user dungeon”).

   Experience - I have started a couple of successful muds, including Arctic Diku.

   1995 September 24, Steve Hyatt, “Looking for Imp/Wiz position”, in rec.games.mud.misc (Usenet)

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   My learning-circle work group is researching the topic of muds, and we would like to hear from the following people: […]

   1992 November 1, Christina Marie O'Sullivan, “Mud Research”, in alt.mud (Usenet)

   Because of the paranoia on ash, I have created a mud for the group. […] The reason that this message is posted trought^([sic]) anon.penet.fi, is that the mud is not very legal, there will, however, be no difficulties unless someone does something really stupid to alert the admins.

   1993 June 19, Larry Mulcahy, quoting Bibo, “Alt.suicide.holiday MUD”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet)

   Is there a way (and if possible perhaps an example) how to use Xemacs for playing muds?

   1997 September 15, Arnd Empting, “playing muds in xemacs?”, in comp.emacs.xemacs (Usenet)

present singular third person muds · participle present mudding · participle past mudded · past mudded

1. InternetintransitiveTo participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

   Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]

   1997, Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community, page 153

plural MUDs · alternative mud

1. InternetabbreviationacronymgamesAcronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.

present singular third person MUDs · participle present MUDing · participle present MUDding · participle past MUDed · past MUDed · participle past MUDded · past MUDded · alternative mud

1. InternetintransitiveTo participate in a multi-user dungeon.

   I've been the creator/administrator of some of the biggest Pern areas around. I've been MUDing since oh, 1989. […] I think this qualifies me as a REAL player of MUDs, as you so quaintly put it.

   1992 February 13, Heather Garvey, “In response to Miss Garvey's comments on Amherst MUD”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet)

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   (Tone of a grumpy old man) : Why when *I* was MUDding we didn't have anyone teach us commands, no sirreee, why I had to walk 10 miles, up hill, in the snow to get to the Town Square! That was the way it was and we *LIKED* it! ;)

   1991 January 11, !* Child of Chaos *!, “Questions about MUD”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet)

   I've been MUDing on and off for about 6 or 7 years and have seen a lot of MUDs come and go. I believe we're coming to the end of text based adventuring and the transition to full graphic based environments is already happening.

   1997 January 14, Brian Hassink, “The future of MUDing...”, in rec.games.mud.diku (Usenet)

   I have been MUDing for around two years, I have been an Imm, as builder, admin, Player Relations, and Questmaster, off and on, for various MUDs, for over a year. Good PK MUDs are hard to find, and I want to make yours even better!

   1998 February 13, Adrian, “Will do Player Relations for Pure PK MUD”, in alt.mud (Usenet)

   I have been MUDding for 6 years. I believe personally that MUDs shall live far longer than we realize. MUDs are mostly free to play and college people seem to be the majority of players and admin staff.

   1998 July 22, Necrosse, “The Future of Mudding”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet)

   Before anyone says anything, Moses is a joke among Aber players. He runs a MUD and we are fairly sure at some time he is plugged in to nearly every Aber and probably a few more types of MUDs. In fact, he was on a list of 'You know you've MUDded too much when...' statements once posted on the Northern Lights wizboard.

   1999 July 16, Amanda Carlston, “MUDs, their bad image, and what can we do?”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet)

1. Venezuelan politicsDemocratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.

   The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there.

   2012 September 29, “Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2020