"fuddle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfʌdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fuddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fuddles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌdəl Etymology: Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”). Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|vod||soft}} Dutch vod (“soft”), {{m|de|fuddeln||to swindle}} fuddeln (“to swindle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fuddle (countable and uncountable, plural fuddles)
  1. Intoxication. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Intoxication): напиване (napivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пиянство (pijanstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пи́јанство (píjanstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), пи́јаност (píjanost) [feminine] (Macedonian), опи́еност (opíenost) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-noun-3ATVxbx6 Disambiguation of 'Intoxication': 95 3 1 0
  2. (uncountable) Intoxicating drink; liquor. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-noun-VGOcM1Lo
  3. Muddle, confusion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alcoholism Translations (confusion): объркване (obǎrkvane) (Bulgarian), збу́нетост (zbúnetost) [feminine] (Macedonian), bajzel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-noun-eMrVxETj Disambiguation of Alcoholism: 4 8 32 13 19 3 22 Disambiguation of 'confusion': 2 0 98 0
  4. (UK, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck. Tags: Derbyshire, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-noun-oB3EYCia Categories (other): Bedfordshire English, British English, Derbyshire English, Nottinghamshire English

Verb

IPA: /ˈfʌdəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fuddle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fuddles [present, singular, third-person], fuddling [participle, present], fuddled [participle, past], fuddled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌdəl Etymology: Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”). Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|vod||soft}} Dutch vod (“soft”), {{m|de|fuddeln||to swindle}} fuddeln (“to swindle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fuddle (third-person singular simple present fuddles, present participle fuddling, simple past and past participle fuddled)
  1. (transitive) To confuse or befuddle. Tags: transitive Derived forms (to confuse): fuddlesome (english: confusing), fuddle-duddle Translations (confuse or befuddle): обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), збу́ни (zbúni) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-verb-RXOKxrOZ Disambiguation of 'to confuse': 91 2 6 Disambiguation of 'confuse or befuddle': 94 1 5
  2. (transitive) To intoxicate. Tags: transitive Translations (intoxicate): напивам (napivam) (Bulgarian), trinken (German), saufen (German), sich betrinken (German), betütern (German), опи́јани (opíjani) (Macedonian), о́пие (ópie) (Macedonian), на́пие (nápie) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-verb-iXNtDVyd Disambiguation of 'intoxicate': 2 82 16
  3. (intransitive) To become intoxicated; to get drunk. Tags: intransitive Derived forms (to become intoxicated): fuddlecap, fuddler (english: drunkard), fuddling (english: intoxication), fuddling cup
    Sense id: en-fuddle-en-verb-wnB27M-k Disambiguation of 'to become intoxicated': 4 13 82

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007-12-21, Dave Hatfield, “Fuddle?”, in eGullet Forums",
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          "ref": "2009, thornbird [username], “Do you have a Christmas fuddle at your workplace?”, in Toluna, archived from the original on 2021-09-28",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkvam",
      "sense": "confuse or befuddle",
      "word": "обърквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbúni",
      "sense": "confuse or befuddle",
      "word": "збу́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napivam",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "напивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "trinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "saufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "sich betrinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "betütern"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opíjani",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "опи́јани"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ópie",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "о́пие"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nápie",
      "sense": "intoxicate",
      "word": "на́пие"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fuddle"
}

{
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    "en:Alcoholism"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vod",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soft"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vod (“soft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fuddeln",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swindle"
      },
      "expansion": "fuddeln (“to swindle”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fuddles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Intoxication."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Intoxication",
          "intoxication"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intoxicating drink; liquor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liquor",
          "liquor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Intoxicating drink; liquor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Muddle, confusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Muddle",
          "muddle"
        ],
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bedfordshire English",
        "British English",
        "Derbyshire English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Nottinghamshire English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007-12-21, Dave Hatfield, “Fuddle?”, in eGullet Forums",
          "text": "Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, thornbird [username], “Do you have a Christmas fuddle at your workplace?”, in Toluna, archived from the original on 2021-09-28",
          "text": "When I was I work I loved the time when we had a fuddle. Everybody decided what they were going to bring so we had an even balance of grub. We had sandwiches or cobs of ham, cheese and pate, crisps, sausage rolls, pickled onions cocktail sausages, vol au vonts, swiss roll, and mince pies. We weren’t allowed booze on the premises but we made do with alcohol free drink. We were as stuffed as pigs and had a job to work for the rest of the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012-12-12, llamapup [username], “What to make for a Christmas fuddle?”, in BabyCentre Community",
          "text": "My husband has to take some food into his work for a Christmas fuddle.¶ I suggested he make Christmas pudding cupcakes, but he wasn't impressed.¶ What would you make and take?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2013-12-16, nedluddsmother [username], “My work insists on having a Christmas fuddle, but it sounds like a sexual offence to me.”, in Reddit, r/BritishProblems:",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "party",
          "party"
        ],
        [
          "picnic",
          "picnic"
        ],
        [
          "potluck",
          "potluck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Derbyshire",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "dialectal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʌdəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌdəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napivane",
      "sense": "Intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "напиване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pijanstvo",
      "sense": "Intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пиянство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "píjanstvo",
      "sense": "Intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пи́јанство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "píjanost",
      "sense": "Intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пи́јаност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opíenost",
      "sense": "Intoxication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опи́еност"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkvane",
      "sense": "confusion",
      "word": "объркване"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbúnetost",
      "sense": "confusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "збу́нетост"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confusion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajzel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fuddle"
}

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