1. (v. t.) To make cloudy, or muddy; to confuse\.

2. (v. t.) To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

3. (v. t.) To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

4. (v. t.) To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

5. (v. i.) To dabble in mud.

6. (v. i.) To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

7. (n.) A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.

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