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[ muhk-ing ] / ˈmʌk ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mucking ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, adverb British Slang.Origin of muckingFirst recorded in 1595–1605; muck + -ing2 Words nearby muckingmuck about, muck-a-muck, muck bar, mucker, muck in, mucking, muckland, muckle, muckluck, muckrake, muckrakers Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for muckingHis scapegoats then, as now, were the United States and Europe, which he blamed for mucking about in his backyard. Ukraine Is On the Verge Of War And Putin Is To Blame|Michael Weiss|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Senate Finance Committee has rolled up its sleeves this week, and is mucking about in the fine print of amendments. The Death of Death Panels|Benjamin Sarlin|September 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST Did you consult study any guides as you were mucking your way through? Is God Evil?|The Daily Beast|March 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST "I don't mean to have any one else mucking around," growled Dunn in answer. The Bittermeads Mystery|E. R. Punshon
I took no more trouble than to turn my back on Grimalson, who was arguing that all this water was mucking the dry provisions. Foe-Farrell|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Gob, that puts the bloody kybosh on it if old sloppy eyes is mucking up the show. Yes, you've taken to mucking your work—doing it in a most slovenly way. We got the idea from the British Tommy, only he calls it "mucking it." Into the Jaws of Death|Jack O'Brien
Words related to muckingdisturb, complicate, discombobulate, befuddle, perturb, clutter, derange, fluster, mystify, confound, dumbfound, bewilder, puzzle, astound, baffle, encumber, astonish, surprise, nonplus, toil |