mudding

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The recreational activity of driving an off-road vehicle through muddy ground for fun.

   Mudding draws off-road enthusiasts to flooded fields every spring.

   He loves mudding and keeps a lifted truck just for tearing through the bog.

   Note

   A pastime that takes the same construction as go fishing or go skiing: people go mudding, usually after enough rain to make the ground "real gushy." As an uncountable noun it takes no plural and no article, and it can stand bare as a subject (mudding's dumb). Treat it as the name of an outing, not of a single drive through a puddle.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of mud.

   The crew was mudding the drywall when the inspector arrived.

   Villagers were mudding the hut walls before the rainy season set in.

   Note

   One spelling carries several verbs. Transitive mudding puts mud on something, such as drywall or hut walls, or stirs water until it turns turbid. Intransitive mudding is what an eel does when it burrows under the mud. Online, the same form means taking part in a MUD, a multi-user dungeon, and has nothing to do with soil. Don't confuse its gerund with the off-road pastime, which is a noun of its own.

3. 3
   noununcountable

   The therapeutic use of mud baths to soothe or treat the body.

   Mudding has long been offered at the thermal spas of central Europe.

   Her doctor suggested mudding to relieve the stiffness in her joints.

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