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FUDDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuddle mean? 

FUDDLE (noun)
  The noun FUDDLE has 1 sense:

1. a confused multitude of thingsplay

  Familiarity information: FUDDLE used as a noun is very rare.


FUDDLE (verb)
  The verb FUDDLE has 3 senses:

1. make stupid with alcoholplay

2. consume alcoholplay

3. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlyplay

  Familiarity information: FUDDLE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


FUDDLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A confused multitude of things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter

Hypernyms ("fuddle" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fuddle"):

rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)


FUDDLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they fuddle  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it fuddles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: fuddled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: fuddled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: fuddling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make stupid with alcohol

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

befuddle; fuddle

Hypernyms (to "fuddle" is one way to...):

inebriate; intoxicate; soak (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody


Sense 2

Meaning:

Consume alcohol

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle

Context example:

We were up drinking all night

Hypernyms (to "fuddle" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Verb group:

drink; tope (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fuddle"):

tank (consume excessive amounts of alcohol)

port (drink port)

claret (drink claret)

bar hop; pub-crawl (go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk)

bib; tipple (drink moderately but regularly)

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse (become drunk or drink excessively)

wine (drink wine)

carry; hold (drink alcohol without showing ill effects)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


Sense 3

Meaning:

Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw

Context example:

This question befuddled even the teacher

Hypernyms (to "fuddle" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fuddle"):

demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)

disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


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