muddy

Definition of muddy in English English dictionary: To make a mess of, or create confusion with regard to
The discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.; Covered with or full of mud or wet soil
Take off your muddy boots before you come inside.; Soiled with feces; To get mud on (something)
If you muddy your shoes don't wear them inside.; Not clear; mixed up or blurry
The picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.; {v} to make muddy, foul, cloud, disturb; {a} dirty thick, dull, cloudy; {n} a bird; To cloud; to make dull or heavy; cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction"; Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots; Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague; {f} make dirty with mud, cover in mud; cloud, make impure; confuse the issue, make unclear; Turbid with mud; as, muddy water; To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid; Not clear or bright; make turbid; "muddy the water"; dirty with mud; Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure; Something that is muddy contains mud or is covered in mud. a muddy track The ground was still very muddy; make turbid; "muddy the water" cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" dirty with mud; {s} covered in mud; turbid, cloudy; filled with mire; hazy, vague; If you muddy something, you cause it to be muddy. The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes; If someone or something muddies a situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand. It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion. + muddied mud·died Overseas the legal issues are more muddied. If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand. They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues; To make a mess or create confusion; To get mud on something; Fig
Muddy York: An historical nickname for Toronto, Canada
Muddy Waters: a US blues singer, songwriter, and guitar player, who greatly influenced many other singers of popular music (1915-83). orig. McKinley Morganfield born April 4, 1915, Rolling Fork, Miss., U.S. died April 30, 1983, Westmont, Ill. U.S. blues guitarist and singer. He grew up in the cotton country of Mississippi and taught himself harmonica as a child. He later took up guitar, eagerly absorbing the classic delta blues styles of Robert Johnson and Son House. He was first recorded in 1941 by archivist Alan Lomax (see John Lomax). In 1943 he moved to Chicago; there he broke with the country blues style by playing over a heavy dance rhythm, adopting the electric guitar and adding piano and drums while retaining a moan-and-shout vocal style and lyrics that were by turns mournful, boastful, and risqué. The result came to be known as urban blues, from which sprang in large part later forms such as rock music and soul music. A surge in interest in the roots of popular music in the early 1960s brought Waters widespread fame, and he performed internationally into the 1970s
Muddy Waters: McKinley Morganfield (1915-1983), famous American blues singer and guitarist
muddy up: muddy: dirty with mud
Big Muddy: The Mississippi River
knee-deep in the Big Muddy: Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership
In the classic ‘knee deep in the Big Muddy’ scenario (Staw, 1976), individuals continue to contribute to a losing cause long after it is clear that this is a tremendous waste of money.
muddied: Simple past tense and past participle of muddy
waist deep in the Big Muddy: Alternative form of knee-deep in the Big Muddy
muddily: {a} dirtily, foully, with foul mixture
muddiness: {n} dirtiness, foulness, thickness
Big Muddy River: A river of southwest Illinois flowing about 217 km (135 mi) to the Mississippi River north-northwest of Cairo
muddied: Made muted of color
muddied: {s} dirtied, soiled; soiled with mud, covered in mud; obscure, unclear; cloudy, turbid
muddied: Made dirty with muddied
muddied: Made unclear, obfuscated (generally as part of the phrase muddied the water)
muddied: past of muddy
muddies: third-person singular of muddy
muddily: In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly
muddily: in a muddy manner, in a cloudy or dirty manner
muddily: In a muddy manner
muddiness: {i} miriness, dirtiness; cloudiness, obscurity
muddiness: the quality of being cloudy
muddiness: The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream
muddiness: Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness
muddiness: The characteristic of being muddy
muddiness: pelosity
muddying: third-person singular of muddy