a swizzle stick with an enlarged tip for stirring drinks, crushing fruit or sugar, etc
2.
a person who muddles or muddles through
3.
a miller's thumb
Word origin
[1850–55; muddle + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloakroom, ethos, headhunting, overprint, runoff-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'muddler' in a sentence
muddler
Crush them together with a muddler to release the oils.