"MUD" meaning in English

See MUD in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mʌd/
Rhymes: -ʌd Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|MUD||Mesa de la Unidad Democrática}} Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} MUD
  1. (Venezuelan politics) Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-name-4y4RZM04 Categories (other): Venezuelan politics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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) Derived forms: MUDder
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-noun-gKJQXMTa Categories (other): Video game genres, Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Topics: games, gaming, video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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