muck

M0462100 (mŭk)n.1. A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.2. Moist farmyard dung; manure.3. Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.4. Something filthy or disgusting.5. Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.6. The pile of discarded cards, as in poker: threw his hand into the muck.v. mucked, muck·ing, mucks v.tr.1. To fertilize with manure or compost.2. To make dirty, especially with muck.3. To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).4. To fold (one's hand) in a card game, especially by pushing one's cards away.v.intr. To muck one's hand in a card game.Phrasal Verbs: muck about Chiefly British To spend time idly; putter. muck up Informal To bungle, damage, or ruin.

[Middle English muk, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse myki, dung.]

muck′i·ly adv.muck′y adj.

muck

(mʌk) n1. (Agriculture) farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter2. (Agriculture) Also called: muck soil an organic soil rich in humus and used as a fertilizer3. dirt or filth4. (Mining & Quarrying) earth, rock material, etc, removed during mining excavations5. slang chiefly Brit rubbish6. See Lord Muck, Lady Muck7. make a muck of slang chiefly Brit to ruin or spoilvb (tr) 8. (Agriculture) to spread manure upon (fields, gardens, etc)9. to soil or pollute10. (often foll by out) to clear muck from[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse myki dung, Norwegian myk]

muck

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n. 1. moist farmyard dung; manure. 2. a highly organic dark or black soil, often used as a manure. 3. mire; mud. 4. filth, dirt, or slime. 5. defamatory or sullying remarks. 6. Informal. a state of confusion; mess: to make a muck of things. 7. Chiefly Brit. Informal. something of no value; trash. 8. earth, rock, or other useless matter removed in excavation or mining. v.t. 9. to manure. 10. Informal. to make dirty; soil (often fol. by up). 11. to remove muck from (often fol. by out). 12. Informal. to make a mess of; bungle (often fol. by up). 13. muck about or around,Informal. to idle; waste time. [1200–50; Middle English muc, muk < Old Norse myki cow dung] muck′y, adj. muck•i•er, muck•i•est.

muck

Past participle: mucked
Gerund: mucking

Imperative
muck
muck

Present
I muck
you muck
he/she/it mucks
we muck
you muck
they muck

Preterite
I mucked
you mucked
he/she/it mucked
we mucked
you mucked
they mucked

Present Continuous
I am mucking
you are mucking
he/she/it is mucking
we are mucking
you are mucking
they are mucking

Present Perfect
I have mucked
you have mucked
he/she/it has mucked
we have mucked
you have mucked
they have mucked

Past Continuous
I was mucking
you were mucking
he/she/it was mucking
we were mucking
you were mucking
they were mucking

Past Perfect
I had mucked
you had mucked
he/she/it had mucked
we had mucked
you had mucked
they had mucked

Future
I will muck
you will muck
he/she/it will muck
we will muck
you will muck
they will muck

Future Perfect
I will have mucked
you will have mucked
he/she/it will have mucked
we will have mucked
you will have mucked
they will have mucked

Future Continuous
I will be mucking
you will be mucking
he/she/it will be mucking
we will be mucking
you will be mucking
they will be mucking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mucking
you have been mucking
he/she/it has been mucking
we have been mucking
you have been mucking
they have been mucking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mucking
you will have been mucking
he/she/it will have been mucking
we will have been mucking
you will have been mucking
they will have been mucking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mucking
you had been mucking
he/she/it had been mucking
we had been mucking
you had been mucking
they had been mucking

Conditional
I would muck
you would muck
he/she/it would muck
we would muck
you would muck
they would muck

Past Conditional
I would have mucked
you would have mucked
he/she/it would have mucked
we would have mucked
you would have mucked
they would have mucked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muck - any thick, viscous matter goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludgematter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
	2.	muck - fecal matter of animals droppings, dungbuffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung, chip - a piece of dried bovine dungcoprolite - fossil excrement; petrified dungfaecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowelspigeon droppings - droppings of pigeonscow pie, cowpie - fecal matter of a cow
Verb	1.	muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mineremove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
	2.	muck - spread manure, as for fertilizationmanurespread out, scatter, spread - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
	3.	muck - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"mud, muck up, mirebegrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

muck

noun1. dirt, mud, filth, shit (taboo slang), crap (taboo slang), sewage, ooze, scum, sludge, mire, slime, slob (Irish), gunk (informal), gunge (informal), crud (slang), kak (S. African informal), grot (slang) This congealed muck was interfering with the filter.2. manure, shit (taboo slang), crap (taboo slang), dung, ordure He could smell muck and clean fresh hay.muck about or around fool about or around, amuse yourself, play about or around, fiddle about or around, mess about or around (informal) He spent his summers mucking around in boats.muck about or around with something interfere, tamper, tinker, meddle, fiddle about or around, mess about or around Who's been mucking around with my computer?muck something up ruin, bungle, botch, make a mess of, blow (slang), mar, spoil, muff, make a nonsense of, bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang), make a muck of (slang), mess something up, screw something up (informal), cock something up (Brit. slang), fuck something up (offensive taboo slang) At the 13th hole, I mucked it up.Proverbs
"Where there's muck, there's brass"

muck

noun1. A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance:mire, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush.2. Foul or dirty matter:dirt, filth, grime.Slang: crud.verbTo soil with mud.Also used with up:bemire, mire, mud, muddy, slush.phrasal verb
muck upInformal. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.

Translations

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muck

(mak) noun dung, filth, rubbish etc. farm yard muck.粪肥ˈmucky adjective 肮脏的，粪肥的 muck about/around1. to do things without any definite plan. 混日子2. to fool around. 鬼混muck out to clean (a stable). 清除（污物）

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high muckamuck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. (Sometimes shortened to simply "muckamuck.") "All hail the high muckamuck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by. We're just waiting for the high muckamuck to give us the green light before we get the project started.See also: high, muckamuck

high muckety muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high muckety muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by.See also: high, muck, muckety

muckety muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety muck to give us the green light before we get the project started.See also: muck, muckety

as common as muck

Low-class. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Considering she's wearing an outfit like that in public, she must be as common as muck.See also: common, muck

muckety-muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the muckety-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the muckety-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by.

Lady Muck

An average or ordinary woman who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around her. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lady Muck again, swanning in like the Queen of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for her.See also: lady, muck

Lord Muck

An average or ordinary man who has pretentions of being more important or of a higher class than those around him. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Here comes Lord Muck again, swanning in like the King of England, expecting everyone to stop what they're doing just for him.See also: lord, muck

muck-raking

1. adjective Characterized by trying to find out unpleasant information about someone, so as to damage their public reputation. Used before a noun. I think your "newspaper" is just gossipy trash written by muck-raking vultures.2. noun The act of gathering such information. I hate the muck-raking that goes on ad nauseum during an election season.

treat (one) like muck

To treat one as if they were worthless; to treat one with contempt or with no respect. I'm tired of you treating me like muck, like I don't matter. I went to that store to buy a dress but they treated me like muck just because I wasn't already wearing expensive clothes.See also: like, muck, treat

where there's muck, there's brass

There is profit to be made from the jobs that other people think are unpleasant and do not want to do. I started a portable toilet business because I knew that where there's muck, there's brass.See also: brass

muck around

1. To be idle or do something without much purpose. Quit mucking around and help me take out the trash! After the stressful week that I had, I'm looking forward to just mucking around the house for the weekend. What are you doing mucking around with those knuckleheads? You're going to get into trouble.2. To meddle, interfere, or tweak, often in an uncareful or casual way. Please don't muck around with the thermostat, I have it set exactly the way I want it. I've been mucking around with the melody but haven't been able to get it quite right.See also: around, muck

muck up

To ruin or mess something up. A noun or pronoun can be used between "muck" and "up." Boy, you really mucked up this report, and I don't have time to fix it right now.See also: muck, up

(as) happy as a pig in muck

Very joyful and contented. Primarily heard in UK. Look at your sister out there! She's happy as a pig in muck now that she's back in the starting lineup again. I know I'll be as happy as a pig in muck once I get this stupid cast off my leg.See also: happy, muck, pig

make a muck of (something)

To ruin, bungle, or spoil something. Primarily heard in UK. I really made a muck of that project at work—I'm going to get fired for sure! I'm afraid the accounting department made a complete muck of these numbers. We'll need to tally the entire ledger again.See also: make, muck, of

high mucky-muck

slang An especially important, influential, and authoritative person, especially someone who is overbearingly or arrogantly so. We're just waiting for the high mucky-muck to give us the green light before we get the project started. "All hail the high mucky-muck," Jerry muttered under his breath as the dictator's motorcade rolled by.See also: high

(lord) high muck-a-muck

Rur. a very important person. (Humorous.) Jim's acting like he's some kind of lord high muck-a-muck. What's gotten into him? Mary got a promotion, so now she's a real high muck-a-muck.See also: high

muck something up

to ruin something. I should never have trusted Jim with the repair work. He was bound to muck it up. I asked her to take over for me while I was gone, and she really mucked it up. She mucked up the whole deal.See also: muck, up

muck up

Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up. See also: muck, up

common as muck

BRITISH, OFFENSIVEIf you say that someone is as common as muck, you mean that they are lower-class and not sophisticated. Leary guessed correctly that his guests were as common as muck and planned the menu accordingly.See also: common, muck

happy as a pig in muck

BRITISH, INFORMALIf you are happy as a pig in muck, you are very happy. From day one I adored it. I was as happy as a pig in muck. Note: This expression has several variations. For example, some people talk about being happy as a pig in shit. I'd much rather be as I am, I couldn't imagine being any different. Happy as a pig in shit. Frankly, I was like a pig in shit — oh, how I revelled in the opportunity of standing next to famous people!See also: happy, muck, pig

Lady Muck

a haughty or socially pretentious woman. British informalSee also: lady, muck

as common as muck

of low social status. British informalSee also: common, muck

make a muck of

handle incompetently; bungle. British informalSee also: make, muck, of

where there's muck there's brass

dirty or unpleasant activities are also lucrative. proverbSee also: brass, muck

where there’s ˌmuck there’s ˈbrass

(British English, saying) used to say that somebody has made a lot of money from an unpleasant or a dirty business activity: When they saw his enormous house and flash car they looked at each other, both thinking ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass.’ Muck is dirt or mud. Brass is an old-fashioned word for ‘money’.See also: brass, muck

muck around

or muck aboutv. To spend time idly; putter: We spent our summer afternoons mucking around in the fields and ponds. I stayed home and mucked around all day.See also: around, muck

muck up

v. Slang 1. To make something dirty or contaminated, especially with mud, grime, or a similar substance: Don't step in that puddle; you'll muck up your shoes. The gears in the car's transmission were all mucked up.2. To make some liquid unclear or unusable by stirring up elements settled on the bottom: Unfortunately, all the dredging in the river has mucked up the water so much that we can't go swimming. The rains mucked the water up, making it difficult for scuba divers to see.3. To make something unusable by disrupting what should remain undisturbed: I tried to incorporate these ideas into my paper at the last minute, but all they did was to muck it up. The editor stopped the author from mucking up the book with needless revisions.See also: muck, up

high mucky-muck

(...ˈməkimək) n. an important person; the person in charge. When the high mucky-mucks meet, they will decide what to do about the problem. See also: high

muck something up

tv. to mess something up; to ruin something. Try not to muck it up this time. See also: muck, something, up

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high muckamuck

high muckety muck

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Lord Muck

muck-raking

treat (one) like muck

where there's muck, there's brass

muck around

muck up

(as) happy as a pig in muck

make a muck of (something)

high mucky-muck

(lord) high muck-a-muck

muck something up

muck up

common as muck

happy as a pig in muck

Lady Muck

as common as muck

make a muck of

where there's muck there's brass

where there’s ˌmuck there’s ˈbrass

muck around

muck up

high mucky-muck

muck something up

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noun dirt

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noun manure

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phrase muck about or around

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phrase muck about or around with something

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noun a viscous, usually offensively dirty substance

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noun foul or dirty matter

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verb to soil with mud

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phrase muck up: to harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

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noun any thick, viscous matter

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noun fecal matter of animals

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verb remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

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verb spread manure, as for fertilization

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verb soil with mud, muck, or mire

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