mudge

See also: Mudge

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mudge (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) mud; sludge
References
  • Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, intransitive) To move oneself; to stir.
    • 1827, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 21, page 913:
      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.

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