Dictionary

meddle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈmɛɾəɫ] US, t-flapping
• /ˈmɛd.əl/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).

Meanings

1. To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
   • […] the Civil Lawyers […] have medled in a matter, that belongs not to them;[…]. 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Who Heir?”, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC, book I, paragraph 126, page 161:
   • There is much to dislike about the proposed constitution, which will keep elected governments beholden to a senate nominated by the junta and to a suite of meddling committees. 2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist:
   • […] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 14:10, column 2:
2. (obsolete) To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.
   • The Pythagoreans who, as Ariſtotle ſays, were the firſt among the Greeks, that meddled with Mathematics, divided them into four Parts, of which, two were Pure and Primary, namely Arithmetic and Geometry; and the other two Mixed and Secondary, as Muſic and Spheres, i. e. Aſtronomy. 1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture II. Of the Particular Division of the Mathematical Sciences”, in John Kirkby, transl., The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated: Being Mathematical Lectures Read in the Publick Schools at the University of Cambridge. […], London: […] Stephen Austen, […], →OCLC, page 14:
   • […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…]. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians iiij:[11], folio cclxx, verso:
3. (obsolete) To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
   • [H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 204:
4. (US, intransitive, regional) To have sex.
   • But after god came to Adam and bad hym knowe his wyf flesshly as nature requyred / Soo lay Adam with his wyf vnder the same tree / and anone the tree whiche was whyte and ful grene as ony grasse and alle that came oute of hit / and in the same tyme that they medled to gyders there was Abel begoten / thus was the tree longe of grene colour 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
   • Take a Rammes head that neuer medled with an Ewe, cut off at a blow, and the hornes onely taken away, boyle it well skinne and wooll together,[…]. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 5, member 1, subsection v, page 323:

Forms

Deriveds

overmeddle · meddlesome · meddle and make · meddlement · meddler

Synonyms

lay the pipe · mate · shelve · have it off · approach · hump · intercourse · intermingle · copulate · do it · clap cheeks · roger · make the beast with two backs · bonk · have sex · get physical · share a bed · company · common · bang · hook up · make whoopee · root · get busy · do it · sleep together · have intimate relations · Netflix and chill · hike the Appalachian Trail · ride · get one's end away · get one's groove on · play hide the sausage · eff · exchange flesh · couple · get one's oats · frack · get one's leg over · stick one's nose into · rail · crack · make out · engender · bump nasties · know · bone · ming · show someone one's etchings · go all the way · tumble · mingle · sex · blend · dance · ming · have it away · get one's freak on · ming · haul one's ashes · bounce · make it · get down · ming · get lucky · lay pipe · bump uglies · involve · stick · knock boots · screw · mix · expletive deleted · meddle · do the deed · pound · get freaky · admix · have marital relations · get jiggy · rock and roll · bauf · get some · shag · amalgamate · mang · intermix · boink · see someone's etchings · catch a dick · fuck · cohabit · mix up · graft the forked tree · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · frak · hide the salami · engage in sex · bemingle · hide the wienie · pipe down · breed · get it on · strain · play · combine · discuss Uganda · get one's dick wet · meddle · get it · combine · pipe · dabble · jig-jig · know someone in the biblical sense · boff · beat · slap bellies · shaboink · bemingle · do the nasty · get laid · frick · bop · frig · stick one's oar in · hide the sausage · get it on · have sexual relations · make love · commingle · penetrate · roll around · get the dirty water off one's chest

Translations (67)

es meterse donde no lo llaman (to interfere in affairs) · gl meterse (to interfere in affairs) · es injerirse (to interfere in affairs) · he התערב (to interfere in affairs) · pt intrometer (to interfere in affairs) · fi sotkeentua (to interfere in affairs) · la admisceō (to interfere in affairs) · ota پرمقلمق (to interfere in affairs) · nl bemoeien (to interfere in affairs) · ru вме́шиваться (to interfere in affairs) · mi raweke (to interfere in affairs) · grc πολυπραγμονέω (to interfere in affairs) · ro interveni (to interfere in affairs) · bg меся се (to interfere in affairs) · ka შეურევს (to mix with other substance) · mi hūrau (to interfere in affairs) · es entrometerse (to interfere in affairs) · es meterse en lo que no le toca (to interfere in affairs) · de sich einmischen (to interfere in affairs) · mk се ме́ша (to interfere in affairs) · nl zich moeien (to interfere in affairs) · mi whawhe (to interfere in affairs) · fr s'ingérer (to interfere in affairs) · cs míchat se (to interfere in affairs) · tl makialam (to interfere in affairs) · it immischiarsi (to interfere in affairs) · mi auwaha (to interfere in affairs) · es mangonear (to interfere in affairs) · el ανακατεύομαι (to interfere in affairs) · tl manghimasok (to interfere in affairs) · es meterse en lo que no le va ni le viene (to interfere in affairs) · ru лезть (to interfere in affairs) · fi sotkeutua (to interfere in affairs) · cs plést se (to interfere in affairs) · es inmiscuirse (to interfere in affairs) · es entremeterse (to interfere in affairs) · ru вмеша́ться (to interfere in affairs) · ja おせっかいをする (to interfere in affairs) · ca ficar-se (to interfere in affairs) · tr burnunu sokmak (to interfere in affairs) · cmn 干預 (to interfere in affairs) · ota یاپشمق (to interfere in affairs) · fr se mêler (to interfere in affairs) · mi haukeke (to interfere in affairs) · es meterse donde nadie lo llama (to interfere in affairs) · ru сме́шивать (to mix with other substance) · ru смеша́ть (to mix with other substance) · az qarışmaq (to interfere in affairs) · es meterse en lo que no le importa (to interfere in affairs) · es caciquear (to interfere in affairs) · az qatışmaq (to interfere in affairs) · nl tussenkomen (to interfere in affairs) · cs zasahovat (to interfere in affairs) · fi sekoittaa (to mix with other substance) · fi sekaantua (to interfere in affairs) · ro băga nasul unde nu-i fierbe oala (to interfere in affairs) · gl entremeter (to interfere in affairs) · mi rahurahu (to interfere in affairs) · ro amesteca (to interfere in affairs) · la immisceo (to interfere in affairs) · cs vměšovat (to interfere in affairs) · ro băga (to interfere in affairs) · sv lägga sig i (to interfere in affairs) · es shutear (to interfere in affairs) · es inserirse (to interfere in affairs) · hu beleavatkozik (to interfere in affairs) · cmn 插手 (to interfere in affairs)