What does 'muddle' mean?

[Pinkjennybellrock]

I want to make mojitos this weekend, and have a recipe, however it tells me to 'muddle' the mint, sugar and lime together.

What does this mean? Does it mean crush it?

Just mix them up, I guess - as in muddle them up.

lol, I guess it means roughly mix.

I love ridiculous language in cookery books, a classic was 'fondle the pastry and nuts'

I'll just crush them together then. For god's sake, why complicate things??

there you go!

cheers......mmmm fancy one now!

For the mojito, its a sort of fairly firm mixing - you want to bruise the mint to get the flavour out, but not break it up

Ooooh me too!

Sounds like a Posh Nosh recipe

Do you have to embrocate anything?

snigger can I just say I so like your name!

Posh Nosh! I'd forgotten that.

here. They add leeks "roughly savaged"

"Always embarrass the oranges upwards, so the spray goes into your nose and isn't wasted"