muck

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /mʌk/, SAMPA: /mVk/

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Noun

Singular muck

Plural mucks

1. (uncountable) Muck is any unclean wet substance.
   • Synonyms: waste, dirt, mess and mud

   The soap sat in a soupy muck in the holder.

   As they dug in the muck, the men were constantly soaked by the rain.

Related words

• muckraker
• mucky

Verb

Plain form muck

Third-person singular mucks

Past tense mucked

Past participle mucked

Present participle mucking

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you muck something up, you make a mess of it or you cause problems.
2. (intransitive) If you muck around, you play, or you are not serious.
3. (transitive & intransitive) If you muck out a place where animals like cows or pigs live, you clean out the animals' waste.