MUD

See also: múď, mud, müd, and muð

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd
• Homophone: mud

Etymology 1

Noun

MUD (plural MUDs)

1. (video games, online gaming) Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.

Derived terms

• MUDder

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”).

Proper noun

MUD

1. (Venezuelan politics) Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
   • 2012 September 29, “Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box”, in The Economist‎, archived from the original on 20 December 2020:

     The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there.

Anagrams

• DMU, UMD, dum

Spanish

Proper noun

MUD f (Venezuelan politics)

1. initialism of Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (“Democratic Unity Roundtable”), a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.