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Muck is mud, wet manure, or a black dirt made up of rotting plant material.

(noun)

An example of muck is the sticky thick ground in a cow field after the rain.
An example of muck is fresh manure.
An example of muck is the thick mud that forms underneath a pile of leaves.

See muck in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

transitive verb

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

See muck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.
Moist farmyard dung; manure.
Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.
Something filthy or disgusting.
Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.

transitive verb mucked, muck·ing, mucks

To fertilize with manure or compost.
To make dirty with or as if with muck.
To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).

Phrasal Verbs: muck about Chiefly British To spend time idly; putter. muck up Informal To bungle, damage, or ruin.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English muk

Origin: , of Scandinavian origin

Origin: ; akin to Old Norse myki, dung

Related Forms:

muckˈi·ly adverb

muckˈy adjective

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