Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A mudflow, especially a slow-moving one.
Wiktionary
- n. A geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope
- n. a mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlua and Bailey's.
- n. a sexual act performed with feces
WordNet 3.0
- n. a landslide of mud
Etymologies
- Simple combination of mud + slide (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word mudslide made Bo’s sinking head pop into Corey’s mind, and his stomach squirmed, this time with nausea.”
“But their insurance is not covering this damage because this home went down in a mudslide, which is not what the policy covers.”
“Four dead, one missing in Thai mudslide AT least four people have been killed in a mudslide which swept away houses in a village in northern Thailand, raising the death toll from two months of flooding to 173.”
“All that was left after the mudslide were a handful of two-story buildings that remained standing on the fringe of the sludge, which spanned an area the size of four football fields.”
“All that was left after the mudslide were a handful of two-story buildings on the fringe of the sludge, which spanned an area the size of four football fields.”
“All that was left after the mudslide were a handful of two-storey buildings on the fringe of the sludge, which spanned an area the size of four football fields.”
“In a makeshift shelter at a school, Maria Salete, a 55-year-old housewife, sobbed as she recalled the mudslide that killed her three grandchildren.”
“JASON BEAUBIEN: President Felipe Calderon called the mudslide in Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec a national tragedy.”
“Now I'm glad I didn't draw 'mudslide' in the Gary sweepstake.”
“That was a quick response... obviously Tony V.'s handlers are on emergency "fire watch" or maybe in L.A. that should be "mudslide" watch for anything that might hurt their midget mayor.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mudslide’.
-
1001 ways to caffeinate
Coffee has been in the news recently; several long-term studies have concluded coffee almost certainly helps prevent type 2 diabetes, liver disease, basal cell carcinoma and possibly Parkinson’s. ...
flat white, black coffee, breve, ristretto, espresso, doppio, tripplo, depth charge, eiskaffee, caffè latte, café au lait, galão and 230 more...
-
paint colours
A few of these I made up but most are from Benjamin Moore or another colour collection. (Go to the website and look for the Virtual Fan Deck). I wish I could add the colours to go with them!!! Sugg...
lime pop, sparkling apple, victorian trim, yellow bicycle, summer citrus, golden sunshine, flamingo's dream, tickled pink, sweet 16 pink, pink cadillac, bittersweet choco..., mississippi mud and 51 more...
-
Cocktails: Drink Up. The Night is Young!
Have some liquor to help the orange juice go down.
zombie, yellow bird, white russian, whiskey sour, vodka tonic, tom collins, tom and jerry, toasted almond, tequila sunrise, stinger, spritzer, sloe gin fizz and 62 more...
-
Flip your lid
gelid, eyelid, annelid, chilidog, holiday, stolid, cichlid, consolidate, pallid, sipunculid, valid, squalid and 71 more...
-
geologic
karst, meander, lapis lazuli, metasomatic, amphibole, metamorphic, ultrabasic, chilled margin, metavolcanic, subvolcanic, volcanic bomb, pyroclastic and 116 more...
-
Landscape
riparian, littoral, talus, fen, ambit, savanna, remnant prairie, shortgrass prairie, tallgrass prairie, marsh, swamp, marshy and 199 more...
-
happy hour
martini, bellini, mimosa, beer, seabreeze, cosmopolitan, manhattan, gin, bourbon, rum, tequila, amaretto and 71 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mudslide.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.