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muck

(mŭk)

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.

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muck

(mʌk)

1. (Agriculture) farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter

2. (Agriculture) Also called: muck soil an organic soil rich in humus and used as a fertilizer

3. dirt or filth

4. (Mining & Quarrying) earth, rock material, etc, removed during mining excavations

5. slang chiefly Brit rubbish

6. See Lord Muck, Lady Muck

7. make a muck of slang chiefly Brit to ruin or spoil

vb (tr)

8. (Agriculture) to spread manure upon (fields, gardens, etc)

9. to soil or pollute

10. (often foll by out) to clear muck from

[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse myki dung, Norwegian myk]

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muck

(mʌk)

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

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Noun	1.	muck - any thick, viscous matter goo, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludge matter - 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, dung buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung, chip - a piece of dried bovine dung coprolite - fossil excrement; petrified dung faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels pigeon droppings - droppings of pigeons cow pie, cowpie - fecal matter of a cow
Verb	1.	muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine remove, 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 fertilization manure spread 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, mire begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

muck

noun

1. 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"

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muck

noun

1. A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance:

mire, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush.

2. Foul or dirty matter:

dirt, filth, grime.

Slang: crud.

verb

To soil with mud.Also used with up:

bemire, mire, mud, muddy, slush.

phrasal verb
muck up

Informal. 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

رَوْث، سَماد

hnůjodpadkyšpína

møgskidt

Fressen Mist Schweinefraß

lie saletés

mykja; skítur, drulla, óòverri

sudiciume concime gingillarsi guastare letame

두엄

čiupinėtisiškoptiišmėžtikrapštytisšlamštas

draņķismēsli

çerçöpgübre pislik

粪肥

muck

[mʌk] N

1. (= dirt) → suciedad f, mugre f; (= manure) → estiércol m
see also lady A3

2. (fig) → porquería f

muck about muck around

A. VT + ADV to muck sb about or around → fastidiar or (LAm) fregar a algn

B. VI + ADV

1. (= lark about) → hacer tonterías; (= do nothing in particular) → gandulear
he enjoys mucking about in boats → le gusta hacer el gandul navegando
stop mucking about! → ¡déjate de tonterías!

2. (= tinker) → manosear

muck in VI + ADV → compartir el trabajo, arrimar el hombro

muck out VT + ADV (Brit) → limpiar
to muck out a stable → limpiar una cuadra

muck up VT + ADV

1. (= dirty) → ensuciar

2. (= spoil) → echar a perder, fastidiar

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muck

[ˈmʌk] n

(= mud) → boue f

(= dirt) → ordures fpl

(= manure) → fumier m

muck about

muck around

(= behave stupidly) → faire l'imbécile

(= waste time) → traînasser

(= tinker) → bricoler
to muck about with sth [+ car, machine] → bricoler qch (= interfere with) → se mêler de qch

(= potter) → s'amuser

vt sep (= treat badly) [+ person] → faire perdre son temps à

muck in

vi (British) → donner un coup de main

muck out

vt sep [+ stable] → nettoyer

muck up

vt sep

(= ruin) → gâcher, esquinter

(= dirty) → salir

(= fail) [+ exam] → ratermuck heap n → tas m de fumiermuck-raking muckraking [ˈmʌkreɪkɪŋ] n
The muckraking has begun → On a commencé à déterrer des scandales.
to accuse sb of muck-raking → accuser qn de se complaire à déterrer des scandales

muck

(= dirt) → Dreck m; (euph: = cat’s/dog’s muck) → Kot m; (= manure) → Dung m, → Mist m; (= liquid manure) → Jauche f; where there’s muck, there’s brass or money (Prov) → Dreck und Geld liegen nahe beisammen (prov)

(fig) (= rubbish) → Mist m; (= obscenities) → Schund m; (= food etc) → Zeug nt (inf); Lord Muck (Brit hum inf) → Graf Rotz (inf); Lady Muck (Brit hum inf) → die feine Dame

muck

muckrake

vi (fig inf) → im Schmutz wühlen

muckraker

n (fig inf) → Sensationshai m (inf)

muckraking

n (fig inf) → Sensationsmache(rei) f (inf)

adj (fig inf) person → sensationslüstern; a muck newspaper → ein Skandalblatt nt

muck-spread

vi → Mist streuen

muck-spreading

n → Miststreuen nt

muck-up

n (Brit inf) → Durcheinander nt; (= fiasco) → Katastrophe f; there’s been a muck with the invitations → bei den Einladungen hat jemand/habe ich etc Mist gemacht (inf)

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muck

[mʌk] n

a. (dirt) → sporcizia, sudiciume m; (mud) → fango; (manure) → letame m

b. (fig) → porcherie fpl

muck about muck around (fam)

1. vt + adv to muck sb about → complicare la vita a qn

2. vi + adv

a. (lark about) → fare lo/la stupido/a; (do nothing in particular) → non fare niente di speciale, gingillarsi

b. (tinker) → armeggiare

muck in vi + adv (Brit) (fam) → mettersi insieme

muck out vt + adv (stable) → pulire

muck up vt + adv (fam)

a. (dirty) → sporcare

b. (spoil) → rovinare

muck

(mak) noun

dung, filth, rubbish etc. farm yard muck.

ˈmucky adjective

muck about/around

1. to do things without any definite plan.

2. to fool around.

muck out

to clean (a stable).

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"There," John would add, "you can't touch pitch and not be mucked, lad.

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Kate mucked in on the outward bound adventure in a pair of jeans and pounds 145 Le Chameau wellies.

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The driver mucked up on his first day at work when he failed to close a waste water flap on the sweeper.

I've mucked up at work; Sweeper jets mud at people Spattered victims to get compo

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