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muck /muk/ noun- Dung
- Manure
- Wet or clinging filth
- Anything contemptible or worthless
- Dirt, debris, rubble
- Gold (poetic and archaic)
- Rubbishy reading matter
- A mess
transitive verb- To clear of muck (with out)
- To manure with muck
- To make dirty (with up)
- To make a mess of, to bungle (with up; muckˈ-up noun)
- To treat inconsiderately (with about or around)
intransitive verb (usu with about or around; informal)- To potter
- To act the fool
ORIGIN: Prob Scand; cf ON myki, Dan mög dung muckˈer noun - A person who mucks
- A money-grubber (obsolete)
- A mess
- A mishap, disaster (orig a fall in the mire)
- A coarse, unrefined person
- A best friend, mate, sidekick
- A young townsman, not a student (old US)
transitive verb- To hoard (obsolete)
- To squander
- To vitiate
intransitive verb- To come to grief
- To make a muddle of anything
muckˈiness noun muckˈy adjective (muckˈier; muckˈiest) - Nasty, filthy
- Of the nature of muck
- 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 - A worm or grub that lives in muck
- A person who acquires money by mean devices
- 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) - To make dirty
- To bungle, mismanage
muck in (with) (informal) - To share with
- To help, participate (in)
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