fuddle
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In colliding with a new type of animal, a chemical that might once have served to fuddle the wits of pests has been transformed into a glittering lure.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2020
But Selby got Fu in a fuddle on the final red and went on to take a four-frame advantage at 6-2.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2017
He bowed slightly, backed up to his chair, slumped into it in a complete fuddle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The frothy fuddle with which he drops this kind of offbeat remark is the essence of Morgan's radio character.
From Time Magazine Archive
We shall want very clear heads for what's in front of us, and I'm not going to fuddle mine for a commencement.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Stanley L. Wood
That same year, Cosby struck a deal with former Montgomery County District Attorney, Bruce Castor, who fuddled the case after deciding not to file charges against Cosby.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021
“Holy Smoke!” said the fuddled one; “he spoke to me—to me!”
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2020
I spent the next few days in the hospital, fuddled and becalmed, thinking mostly about the orange popsicles from the vending machine outside my room, food of the gods that I begged from visitors.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2016
Food is no longer a reliable pleasure; radiotherapy has fuddled her taste buds, making everything taste off.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2016
Ambrose would never have managed to gull me so easily if my naturally suspicious nature hadn’t been fuddled.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Why didn't he take Mrs. General Public's advice, and get to bed instead of sitting up fuddling himself with that fool love-story?
From Back Home by Eugene Wood
He was fumbling at his luggage for the small pasteboard box, haste fuddling his movements.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst
Can it be that one of the uses of a higher education is to furnish greater facility in fuddling inconvenient truth?
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch
The butler was quick, and the ale he did tap, The maidens did make the chamber full gay; The servants did give me a fuddling cup, And I did carry 't away, away.
From Waverley by Sir Walter Scott
And, once cured of fuddling, he turned out a most worthy and efficient fellow.
From The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
Vocabulary lists containing fuddle
"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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