"MUD" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mʌd/ Forms: MUDs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌd Head templates: {{en-noun}} MUD (plural MUDs)
  1. (video games, online gaming) Acronym of multi-user dungeon: an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: multi-user dungeon (extra: an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games) Categories (topical): Video game genres, Video games Derived forms: MUDder
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-noun-vzMLDJFi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: games, gaming, video-games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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