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[ US /ˈpədəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌdə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
    the body lay in a pool of blood
    there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
  2. something resembling a pool of liquid
    he stood in a pool of light
    his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
  3. a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
VERB
  1. mix up or confuse
    He muddled the issues
  2. dip into mud before planting
    puddle young plants
  3. make a puddle by splashing water
  4. eliminate urine
    Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
  5. make into a puddle
    puddled mire
  6. subject to puddling or form by puddling
    puddle iron
  7. mess around, as in a liquid or paste
    The children are having fun puddling in paint
  8. wade or dabble in a puddle
    The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard
  9. work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

How To Use puddle In A Sentence

  • BTW … the online article was written long ago and the LJW staff will, I am sure, update it when they have puddleglum (Anonymous) says … kansas redlegs: yeah I know exactly what you mean. LJWorld.com stories: News
  • No more fuzzy programmes with muffled sound and colours like confetti in a puddle. The Sun
  • Heat a good puddle of oil in a frying pan. Times, Sunday Times
  • On the other hand, when armed with a large umbrella or a well-fitting raincoat and perhaps a pair of gumboots, it is possible to enjoy the monsoon rains, and take time out to splash through muddy puddles and wade through waterlogged roads.
  • Workers had toiled to move dirt to fill in the deeper puddles and the match was able to proceed with two days of fast shooting in excellent weather.
  • Just many puddles of oil on your garage floor. Times, Sunday Times
  • My wife calls those jacked-up monstrosities aka “mosnter trucks” on the public roads that are obviously never going to even come within sight of a mud puddle “penis substitutes.” EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - “Save the clock tower!”
  • Within himself he would have a sensation of liquefying with giggles and of becoming extremely thin, like a puddle.
  • On October 30, just as the flood waters were creeping up in Ryedale, she drove her Peugeot car through a deep puddle and stalled the engine.
  • Both feet are covered in blood and there's a sizeable puddle smeared on my left side just above the hip.
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