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Definition: Fuddle |
FuddleVerb1. Make stupid with alcohol. 2. Consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night". 3. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fuddle" was first used: 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | FUDDLE. Drunk. This is rum fuddle; this is excellent tipple, or drink. Fuddle; drunk. Fuddle cap; a drunkard. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FuddleSynonyms: bedevil (v), befuddle (v), booze (v), confound (v), confuse (v), discombobulate (v), drink (v), fox (v), throw (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Drunkenness | Make one drunk; Adjective: inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle, get into one's head. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fuddle |
| English words defined with "fuddle": Fuddling, Fuzzle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fuddle": JINGLE BOXES. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For having drunk in early morn, dew and thyme, two sparrows were in a fuddle. |
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| "Fuddle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Fuddle" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fuddle": fish fuddle ♦ fuddle oneself ♦ on the fuddle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fuddle fuel | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fuddle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pije alkoolike (alcohol, boose, booze, drink, grog, guzzle, hard drink, hooch, hootch, libation, liquor, lush, ratafee, ratafia, sauce), ngatërroj (bedevil, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disorient, disorientate, disturb, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, entangle, entrap, flummox, garble, hash, immerse, implicate, intricate, involve, jerk off, jumble, lug in, make a hash of cutting, make a mess of, mess about, mistake, mix up, monkey, muddle, muddy, put out, Ravel, snarl, tamper, tie up), dehje (exhilaration, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication), deh (drug, intoxicate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سكر حلى (inebriate, intoxicate), أسرف في الشراب (dissipate, guzzle, soak, swill), أربك (baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, buffalo, confound, confuse, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, disorientate, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, floor, fluster, fox, fret, gravel, molest, muckrake, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put out, puzzle, ravel, show up, squirm, stop, stumble, stump, vex), شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | объркване (abashment, addlement, bewilderment, commotion, confusion, discomfiture, dislocation, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, involution, maze, stir, tizzy, tumble), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, gravel, jumble, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muddle, muff, muss, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), напиване (inebriation, jag), напивам (besot, inebriate, intoxicate, liquor up, sew up, souse), пиянство (alcoholism, crapulence, drink, drinking, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intemperance, spree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | opít do nìmoty, omámit (daze, intoxicate, opiate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | embrouiller, embarrasser, désorienter, boire beaucoup, émécher. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwirren (befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, dazzle, disarrange, disorient, entangle, fluster, jumble, muddle, muddle up, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, Ravel, ruffle, ruffle up, tangle, tangle up, to confuse, to derange, to disarrange, to discombobulate, to disconcert, to dishevel, to disorient, to distract, to embarrass, to fluster, tousle, unsettle), dusel (daze, fluke, luck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχέω (becloud, confound, confuse, jumble, muddle, snafu), μεθώ (get ratted, inebriate, intoxicate, take to drink), αποχαυνώνω (besot, enervate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לטמטם (muddle, stupefy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megrészegít (befuddle, to befuddle, to fuddle, to inebriate, to intoxicate), elkábít (fluster, narcotize, nobble, stun, stupefy, to befuddle, to bemuse, to deaden, to drug, to narcotize, to numb, to obfuscate, to stupefy), dõzsölés (bummer, drinking bout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fare ubriacare, sbornia (drunkenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uddlefay perturbar o entendimento (idleheaded), perturbação (blankness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, discomposure, disquiet, embarrassment, flurry, fret, gall, interference, ruffle, trepidation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval), estupidificar (stupefy), embriaguez (crapulence, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, pickle, skinful), embriagar (corn, fox, grog, inebriate, intoxicate, prime), confusão (baffle, bedlam, bother, bungle, clutter, confusion, daze, disarray, discomfiture, discomposure, disturbance, donnybrook, embroilment, entanglement, fog, foul-up, intricacy, involution, involvement, jumble, kettle of fish, labyrinth, macaroni, maze, medley, mess, mind-breaker, mingle-mangle, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix-up, moil, muddle, mull, muss, olio, pandemonium, pell-mell, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puddle, puzzle, ravel, rough-and-tumble, rout, shuffle, skein, to-do, tumble, turbidity, turmoil), carraspana, beber (absorb, be filled, be fuddled, be inspired, bear, carouse, consume, down, drink, drink away, drink to excess, endure, imbibe, lush, soak up, take, tipple, tolerate), bebedeira (bacchanalia, binge, drunkenness, guzzle, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, libation, pickle, skinful, spree, wassail), aturdimento (bewilderment). (various references) zãpãcealã (Babel, bewilderment, confusion, daze, discomfiture, disorder, distraction, entanglement, flurry, haze, jumble, kerfuffle, mix up, muddle, topsy turvy), se zãpãci (go off one's head), se îmbãta (drink oneself drunk, get drunk, have a brick in the hat, inebriate), beţie (booze, carousal, debauch, debauchery, drink, drinking bout, drunk, drunkenness, ecstasy, inebriation, insobriety, intoxication, libation, rouse, sheet), ameţi (amaze, anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, bewilder, dizzy, fluster, get dizzy, intoxicate, stagger, stun, stupefy). (various references) опьянение (inebriation, intoxication), напоить допьяна, напиваться (become drunk, boose, booze, sotted, take to drink), попойка (booze-up, buster, carousal, carouse, debauch, drunk, guzzle, hellbender, razzle-dazzle, rouse, wassail, wet night). (various references) zbrkati (confuse, muddle), zbrka (bungle, confusion, disarray, helter-skelter, hugger mugger, imbroglio, jumble, macaronics, maze, mess, mishmash, muddle, muss, omnium gatherum, pell mell, welter), terevenka (bender, binge, fling, revel, revelry), terevenčiti (carouse). (various references) emborracharse (become drunk, get drunk, swill, tank up, tope), emborrachar (get drunk, hocus, inebriate, intoxicate, prime), aturdir (abash, befuddle, bemuse, confound, confuse, daze, distract, drug, fluster, intoxicate, knock out, muddle, numb, stun, stupefy), aturdimiento (bewilderment, daze, flurry). (various references) förvirring (bewilderment, Bumble, confusion, dislocation, disorder, distraction, embarrassment, flurry, fluster, imbroglio, maze, mix, mix up, perplexity, tumult), förvirra (addle, baffle, bamboozle, befog, bemuse, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, disorient, disorientate, distract, dizzy, embarrass, flummox, flurry, fluster, gravel, Kittle, perplex, unsettle, upset), supa full (tank up), supa (bib, booze, drink, drink to excess, guzzle, lush, soak, tipple, tope), dricka (beer, drink, drinking, gratuity, have, imbibe, lemonade, quaff, soft drink, take, tipple). (various references) zihnini karıştırmak, sersemlik (daze, dizziness, dullness, giddiness, muddle, silliness, stupidity, stupor), sersemletmek (bemuse, bewilder, daze, dizzy, dull, hocus, make dizzy, make giddy, send smb. reeling, stun, stupefy), şaşkınlık (amazement, astonishment, being surprised, bewilderment, blankness, confusion, consternation, daze, discomfiture, embarrassment, gape, maze, muddle, nonplus, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, surprise, wonder, wonderment), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, jolt, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow), çakırkeyif yapmak, çakırkeyif olma. (various references) сп'яніння (drunkenness, exhilaration, inebriation, intoxication, wine), гульня (bat, binge, bum, carousal, debauch, hellbender, punch, razzle, razzle-dazzle, spree, toot, whiz, whizz), одурманювати (dope, hocus), пиячити (be on the booze, boose, bouse, bum, carouse, guzzle, knock back, make whoopee, tipple, tope), пиятика (binge, booze, carousal, carouse, crapulence, debauch, libation, nosedive, racquet, whoopee). (various references) sự say rượu sự hoang mang, sự quá chén, sự bối rối (abashment, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment, perplexity, puzzle, stew, trepidation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Low German | 800-1100 | fuddeln. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fuddle": fuddled, fuddles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fuddle": befuddle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fuddle": befuddled, befuddlement, befuddlements, befuddles. (additional references) | |
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"Fuddle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bfuddled, Duddle, Faddle, feddel, feddle, fudd, fudde, fudee, fudel, fudie, fundle, guddle, Ruddle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-f-l-u" | |
-1 letter: flued. | |
-2 letters: delf, dude, duel, feud, fled, flue, fuel, leud, lude. | |
-3 letters: del, dud, due, eld, elf, fed, feu, flu, fud, led, leu. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, ef, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-f-l-u" | |
+1 letter: fuddled, fuddles. | |
+2 letters: befuddle, dreadful, unfolded, upfolded. | |
+3 letters: befuddled, befuddles, defaulted, disulfide, dreadfuls, dulcified, fluidised, fluidized, undefiled, unfledged. | |
+4 letters: befuddling, desulfured, disulfides, dreadfully, feudalized, floundered. | |
+5 letters: fluoridated, hundredfold, lifeguarded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 64 64 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- -.. -.. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01100100 01100100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u d d l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0064 0064 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408770707871 |
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