fuddle

verb

1. (transitive)To confuse or befuddle.

   “She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food”

2. (transitive)To intoxicate.

   “If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […]”

   “There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.”

3. (intransitive)To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

   “Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man!”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Intoxication.
2. (uncountable)Intoxicating drink; liquor.
3. (countable, uncountable)Muddle, confusion.
4. (Derbyshire, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.

   “Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too.”

   “When I was I work I loved the time when we had a fuddle. Everybody decided what they were going to bring so we had an even balance of grub. We had sandwiches or cobs of ham, cheese and pate, crisps, sausage rolls, pickled onions cocktail sausages, vol au vonts, swiss roll, and mince pies. We weren’t allowed booze on the premises but we made do with alcohol free drink. We were as stuffed as pigs and had a job to work for the rest of the day.”

   “My husband has to take some food into his work for a Christmas fuddle.¶ I suggested he make Christmas pudding cupcakes, but he wasn't impressed.¶ What would you make and take?”