[{"word":"muddling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Young children tend to muddle their words."},{"definition":"To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass."},{"definition":"To dabble in mud.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make turbid or muddy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To think and act in a confused, aimless way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of one who muddles; confusion; disorderly progress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muddle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muddling"]}]