What does fuddle mean?

Definitions for fuddle
ˈfʌd lfud·dle

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fuddle.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smotherverb

    a confused multitude of things

  2. befuddle, fuddleverb

    make stupid with alcohol

  3. drink, booze, fuddleverb

    consume alcohol

    "We were up drinking all night"

  4. confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulateverb

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

    "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

Wiktionary

  1. fuddlenoun

    intoxication

  2. fuddlenoun

    muddle, confusion

  3. fuddlenoun

    A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.

  4. fuddleverb

    To confuse or befuddle

  5. fuddleverb

    To intoxicate

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Fuddleverb

    To make drunk.

    Etymology: Of unknown etymology.

    Earnest brimming bowls
    Leave every soul the table floating round,
    And pavement faithless to the fuddled feet. James Thomson, Autumn.

  2. To Fuddleverb

    To drink to excess.

    Men, we see, will be whoring and fuddling on still. Roger L'Estrange.

ChatGPT

  1. fuddle

    Fuddle is a verb that generally means to confuse, perplex, or befuddle. It can also mean to drink alcohol to the point of impairment, or to make drunk or intoxicated. As a noun, it refers to a state of confusion or intoxication.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fuddleverb

    to make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated

  2. Fuddleverb

    to drink to excess

  3. Etymology: [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fuddle

    fud′l, v.t. to stupefy with drink.—v.i. to drink to excess or habitually:—pr.p. fudd′ling; pa.p. fudd′led.n. intoxicating drink.—ns. Fudd′le-cap, a hard drinker; Fudd′ler, a drunkard.—adj. Fudd′ling, tippling. [Cf. Dut. vod, soft, Ger. prov. fuddeln, to swindle.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fuddle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fuddle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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