Definition of muddles:
(v) :
To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
(v) :
To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
(v) :
To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
(v) :
To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
(v) :
To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
(n) :
A mixture; a confusion; a garble.