mudge

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/mʌd͡ʒ/

noun

mud; sludge

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Meanings

mudge1

nounmudge (uncountable)
  1. UKdialectalobsoleteuncountablemud; sludge

mudge2

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

present singular third person mudges · participle present mudging · participle past mudged · past mudged

  1. ScotlandintransitiveobsoleteTo 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

Mudge3

proper nounMudge (plural Mudges)

plural Mudges

  1. A surname.

Origin

mudge · noun

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

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mudge · verb

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mudge

judgefudgesludgenudgegrudgehajjbudgesmudgekludgepudgetrudgeprejudgeadjudgehudgeabjudgesnudgesqudgesquudge
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Anagrams

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APA

mudge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudge

MLA

“mudge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudge.

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