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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: muck about vb Brit slang - (intransitive) to waste time; misbehave
- when intr, followed by with: to interfere with, annoy, or waste the time of
muck /mʌk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- animal waste matter used as fertilizer;
manure. - mud, filth, dirt, or slime.
- insulting remarks to hurt the reputation of another:stirring up muck about his political opponent.
v. - [Informal.]to make dirty;
soil:[~ + up + object]He had mucked up his clothes in the barnyard. - Informal Terms muck about or around, [no object]to waste time:He was mucking about the house all summer.
- muck up, [Informal.]to make a mess of* fail badly at;
bungle: [~ + up + object]He had mucked up the whole report.[~ + object + up]He must have mucked it all up.
muck•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024muck (muk),USA pronunciation n. - moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.;
manure. - Agriculturea highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure.
- mire;
mud. - filth, dirt, or slime.
- defamatory or sullying remarks.
- a state of chaos or confusion:to make a muck of things.
- Informal Terms, British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Informal.]something of no value;
trash. - Mining(esp. in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought.
v.t. - Agricultureto manure.
- to make dirty;
soil. - to remove muck from (sometimes fol. by out).
- Informal Terms
- to ruin;
bungle (often fol. by up). - to put into a state of complete confusion (often fol. by up).
- Informal Termsmuck about or around, to idle;
waste time;
loiter.
- Old Norse myki cow dung
- Middle English muc, muk 1200–50
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