n. 1. a racehorse that exhibits a better than usual performance when the racetrack is wet or muddy. [ PJC ]

2. An athlete who performs better than his/her average under muddy conditions. [ PJC ]

adv. In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Muddled p. pr. & vb. n. Muddling ] [ From Mud. ] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They muddle it [ money ] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To dabble in mud. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To think and act in a confused, aimless way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stupid person; a blunderer. [ Colloq. ] C. Reade. -- Mud"dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens. [1913 Webster]

n. One who, or that which, muddles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Muddier superl. Muddiest. ] 1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. [ 1913 Webster ]

This muddy vesture of decay. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Not clear or bright. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Muddied p. pr. & vb. n. Muddying ] 1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]