slanderous remarks or charges
"The politician's career was ruined when his opponents threw mud at him during the heated election campaign."
Acronym of multi-user dungeon: an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.
"The heavy rain turned the dry path into a thick layer of mud."
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
In plain English: Mud is wet dirt mixed with water that turns into a soft, sticky mess when you step on it.
"We had to walk through deep mud after the heavy rain."
plaster with mud
"The children loved to play outside and throw mud at each other during the rainstorm."
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
"He spends most of his weekends logged into a fantasy world to mud and battle virtual dragons."
To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
In plain English: To mud means to cover something with wet dirt, usually by driving through it.
"The muddy rain made the old clay floor turn into slippery mud before I could wipe my feet dry."
Usage: Use the verb "mud" when you want something covered in dirt, such as mudding your boots after walking through rain. Do not use it for participating in online role-playing games, which requires the specific phrase "to mud."
The word mud was borrowed into English as an acronym standing for the Spanish phrase Mesa de la Unidad Democrática. It originally referred to a specific democratic unity table in Venezuela before becoming associated with online multiplayer games.