/ mʌd; NAmE / noun
[ U ] wet earth that is soft and sticky :
The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
Your boots are covered in mud.
mud bricks / huts (= made of dried mud)
➡ note at soil
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IDIOMS
- fling, sling, etc. mud (at sb)
- mud sticks
—more at clear adjective , name noun
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : probably from Middle Low German mudde .