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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mudslide
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Five homes there were evacuated because of mudslides.
▪ Gaffney was crushed in a mudslide and the shadow of his death hung darkly over the rest of the production.
▪ Heavy rains on wildfire-stripped hillsides caused mudslides and flooding of homes in San Bernardino on Tuesday.
▪ More than 30,000 inhabitants were reported to have been affected directly by the mudslide and over 6,000 homes were damaged.
▪ Some mudslides were reported throughout the region, blocking part of a river and causing some flooding.
▪ The last major eruption occurred 1, 100 years ago, when mudslides cascaded on to areas now inhabited by millions of people.
Wiktionary
mudslide

n. 1 A geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope 2 a mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlua and Bailey's. 3 a sexual act performed with feces

WordNet
mudslide

n. a landslide of mud

Wikipedia
Mudslide (EP)

Mudslide is an EP by English rock band The Bluetones, released in 2000. "Mudslide" was also included on the band's 2006 compilation A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95–03.

Mudslide (disambiguation)

Mudslide is a colloquial term for mudflow, the most rapid and fluid type of earth movement.

Mudslide may also refer to:

  • Mudslide (EP), a 2000 EP by The Bluetones
  • "Mudslide", a 1993 episode of Batman: The Animated Series
  • Mudslide, a trio cocktail
  • "Mudslide", a song by the The Guys All-Star Shoe Band from A Prairie Home Companion soundtrack.

Usage examples of "mudslide".

It had rained practically every day in March, a torrential climax to the wettest winter Southern California had had in years, causing mudslides and other calamities all over the place.

His parting shot had been something about the mudslides, how they had buried some roads and severed others and covered up half the landmarks on her chart and made new canyons.

Forestdale she flew the rotor manuallyslowly, marveling at the mudslides and the townships drowned in dust.

Over the years, Helen had fixed herself pifia coladas and Mudslides and daiquiris, Cosmopolitans and Appletinis.

On the land side, just past Big Rock, where massive mudslides are the rule and thirty-foot-wide beach properties level off at a million and a half bucks.

The narrow road, the slick tarmac, the soft shoulders, the increasing possibility of a mudslide, the poor visibility all combined to bring out his skills.