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muck definition

muck (muk)

noun

  1. moist manure
  2. black earth containing decaying matter, used as a fertilizer
    1. mire; mud
    2. anything unclean or degrading; dirt; filth

Etymology: ME muk < or akin to ON myki, dung < IE base *meuk-, slippery, viscous > meek, L mucus

transitive verb

  1. to fertilize with muck
  2. Informal to dirty with or as with muck: often with up
  3. Chiefly Brit., Slang to make a mess of; bungle: often with up
  4. Chiefly Brit. to clean (esp. a stable); remove muck from: usually used with out
muck Idioms

muck about

or muck around
Chiefly Brit., Slang to waste time; putter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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