mudder

See also: Mudder, and MUDder

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From mud +‎ -er.

Noun

mudder (plural mudders)

1. A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.

   Synonym: mudlark

Etymology 2

From MUD +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• MUDer, MUDder

Noun

mudder (plural mudders)

1. (Internet) A participant in a multi-user dungeon.
   • 1993, Leonard N. Foner, “What's an Agent, Anyway? A Sociological Case Study”, in MIT Media Lab‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 December 2022:

     For mudders like myself (an AI researcher), ’bots and their associated likely behavior patterns are old hat.

   • 1997, Gov't Cheeze, “[AD/REQUEST] Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):

     You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.

Etymology 3

Noun

mudder (plural mudders)

1. Pronunciation spelling of mother.
   • 2006 August 14, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “No Hands On Deck!”, in Homestar Runner‎^[2], spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman):

     What about me? I wanna be in your myorsical! I can be the orphan! Oh, where is my mudder-dee-doo?

Anagrams

• red mud

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German modder, mudder (“mire, mud, sludge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mudər/, [ˈmuðˀɐ]

Noun

mudder n (singular definite mudderet, not used in plural form)

1. mud, mire

Derived terms

• mudre (verb) ("muddy", "stir up the mud")
• mudret (adjective) ("muddy")

See also

• mudder on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German modder.

Noun

mudder n (definite singular mudderet)

1. mud

Derived terms

• mudderflate

References

• “mudder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German modder.

Noun

mudder n (definite singular mudderet)

1. mud

Derived terms

• mudderflate

References

• “mudder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Modder. Cognate of Danish mudder, Norwegian Bokmål mudder, Norwegian Nynorsk mudder.

Noun

mudder n

1. mud, sludge, silt

Declension

Declension of mudder

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mudder	mudders
	definite	muddret	muddrets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• muddra

References

• mudder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mudder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mudder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mudder in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)