FUDDLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fuddle mean?
• FUDDLE (noun)
The noun FUDDLE has 1 sense:
1. a confused multitude of things
Familiarity information: FUDDLE used as a noun is very rare.
• FUDDLE (verb)
The verb FUDDLE has 3 senses:
1. make stupid with alcohol
2. consume alcohol
3. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Familiarity information: FUDDLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FUDDLE (noun)
Meaning:
A confused multitude of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
clutter; welter; smother; muddle; mare's nest; jumble; fuddle
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)
Meaning:
Make stupid with alcohol
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
fuddle; befuddle
Hypernyms (to "fuddle" is one way to...):
inebriate; intoxicate; soak (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Consume alcohol
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
booze; drink; fuddle
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)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fuddle"):
wine (drink wine)
hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse (become drunk or drink excessively)
bib; tipple (drink moderately but regularly)
bar hop; pub-crawl (go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk)
claret (drink claret)
port (drink port)
carry; hold (drink alcohol without showing ill effects)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
befuddle; confound; fox; discombobulate; confuse; bedevil; fuddle; throw
Context examples:
These questions confuse even the experts / This question completely threw me / 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))
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
