Definition of: muddle

(mud′l) v. ·died, ·dling v.t.
1. To mix in confusion; jumble.
2. To confuse mentally; bewilder.
3. To make muddy or turbid; roil.
4. To stir or mix, as a drink.
—v.i.
5. To act in a confused or ineffective manner.
—to muddle through Brit. To achieve one's object despite one's own confusion and mistakes; succeed despite oneself.
—noun
1. A muddy or dirty condition.
2. A mixed or confused condition, as of the mind; a mess. [<MUD + freq. suffix]