fuddle

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To confuse or befuddle.
2. (transitive) To intoxicate.
3. (intransitive) To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Intoxication.
2. (uncountable) Intoxicating drink; liquor.
3. (countable, uncountable) Muddle, confusion.
4. (Derbyshire, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.

Synonyms

confuse

drink

🥤

booze

befuddle

jumble

muddle

discombobulate

clutter

quaff

throw

gulp

fox

🦊

confound

bedevil

disarray

mare’s nest

smoke

take

welter

stir

obscure

stump

mix up

intoxicate

stupefy

smother

carouse

disarrange

break up

discomfit

derange

dazzle

confusion

immingle

blend

becloud

adulterate

guzzle

confect

bewilder

fold

flummox

concoct

excite

enervate

heterodyne

compound

immix

inebriate

besot

Translations

saufen

🥤

boire

🥤

πίνω

bere

🥤

beure

🥤

tomar

beber

🥤

bibere

aturdir

gebruiken

berauschen

confusione

trinken

🥤

beber

🥤

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʌdəl/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: vod

In summary

Compare Dutch vod (“soft”), German dialect fuddeln (“to swindle”).