muckˈer noun

1. A person who mucks
2. A money-grubber (obsolete)
3. A mess
4. A mishap, disaster (orig a fall in the mire)
5. A coarse, unrefined person
6. A best friend, mate, sidekick
7. A young townsman, not a student (old US)

1. To hoard (obsolete)
2. To squander
3. To vitiate

1. To come to grief
2. To make a muddle of anything

muckˈiness noun

muckˈy adjective (muckˈier; muckˈiest)

1. Nasty, filthy
2. Of the nature of muck
3. Like muck

muck-a-muck see high-muck-a-muck

muckˈheap or muckˈ-midden noun

A dunghill

muckˈ-rake noun

A rake for manure

intransitive verb

To seek out and expose scandals or supposed scandals, whether for worthy or unworthy motives

muckˈ-raker noun

muckˈ-raking noun

muckˈspread intransitive verb

To spread manure

muckˈspreader noun

An agricultural machine for spreading manure

muckˈspreading noun

muckˈsweat noun (Brit)

Profuse sweat

muckˈ-worm noun

1. A worm or grub that lives in muck
2. A person who acquires money by mean devices
3. A miser

Lady or Lord Muck (facetious)

A title or name applied to a woman or man assuming aristocratic airs

make a muck of (informal)

1. To make dirty
2. To bungle, mismanage

muck in (with) (informal)

1. To share with
2. To help, participate (in)