[syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf.
Fuzzle.]
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
[Colloq.]
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I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.
--Steele.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fuddle \Fud"dle\, v. i.
To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fuddle
n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble,
muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
v 1: make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle]
2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn:
drink, booze, fuddle]
3: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even
the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]