muck

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/mʌk/

noun 5verb 5name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, clean, covered, green, stable, toxic

VERB + MUCK

bring, cleaning, going, gonna, need, stepped, think

MUCK + NOUN

bhopal, brass, dirt, floor, shirt, tom

PREP.

around, from, in, in, into, into, off, on

Definitions

noun

Slimy mud, sludge.

The car was covered in muck from the rally race.

I need to clean the muck off my shirt.

Soft (or slimy) manure.

Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.

What's that green muck on the floor?

Grub, slop, swill

Money.

the fatal muck we quarrell'd for

verb

To shovel muck from.

We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.

To manure with muck.

To do a dirty job.

To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.

To vomit.

Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — fecal matter of animals

droppings
dung

noun — any thick, viscous matter

verb — soil with mud, muck, or mire

verb — spread manure, as for fertilization

manure

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

where there's muck there's brass

There is money to be made even in unpleasant, dirty jobs.

Example Bank

The car was covered in muck from the rally race.

Wiktionary

I need to clean the muck off my shirt.

Wiktionary

What's that green muck on the floor?

Wiktionary

We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.

Wiktionary

Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck.

Wiktionary

We're down in the pit, cleaning out the muck, and Tom goes traipsing by and waves.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, muck is marked as derogatory, obsolete, informal, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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