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puddle

pud·dle
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puhd-l]
    • /ˈpʌd l/
    • /ˈpʌd.l̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhd-l]
    • /ˈpʌd l/

Definitions of puddle word

  • noun puddle a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground. 1
  • noun puddle a small pool of any liquid. 1
  • noun puddle clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc. 1
  • verb with object puddle to mark or scatter with puddles. 1
  • verb with object puddle to wet with dirty water, mud, etc. 1
  • verb with object puddle to make (water) muddy or dirty. 1

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Origin of puddle

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, apparently diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle); (v.) late Middle English pothelen, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Puddle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

puddle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

puddle usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for puddle

noun puddle

  • davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
  • millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
  • natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
  • ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.

verb puddle

  • fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
  • goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • messing — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • mess around — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.

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