noun1 [ mass noun ] soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.2 information or allegations regarded as damaging or scandalous: the two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other.
PHRASESdrag someone/thing through the mud slander or denigrate someone or something publicly.here's mud in your eye! informal expressing good wishes before drinking.someone's name is mud informal someone is in disgrace or unpopular: if anything goes wrong, my name will be mud.
ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde .
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