To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.

To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.

To think and act in a confused, aimless way.

To mash or crush ingredients with a spoon or muddler ( a rod with a flattened end).

used mostly by bartenders, muddling requires a muddle stick and involves crushing fruit bits at the bottom of a glass to get juices and bits of zest.

To mash together.

To dabble in mud.

make into a puddle; "puddled mire"

informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"