muck
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of MUCK
[noncount]
informal
1
:
wet dirt or mud
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Clean that muck off your shoes.
2
3
informal
:
something that is disgusting
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How can they expect us to eat this muck? [=garbage, junk]
make a muck of something
British, informal
:
to do something badly or with many mistakes
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He's made a muck of things.
2
muck
/ˈmʌk/
verb
mucks;
mucked;
mucking
2
muck
/ˈmʌk/
verb
mucks;
mucked;
mucking
Britannica Dictionary definition of MUCK
muck about/around
[phrasal verb] British, informal
1
:
to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious
:
to waste time
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We just mucked about [=messed around] all afternoon.
2
muck about/around with (something)
:
to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious
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She spent the evening mucking around with [=fooling around with] the computer.
3
muck (someone) about/around
:
to be unfair or dishonest with (someone)
:
to lie to or cheat (someone)
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I want them to stop mucking me around.
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He's tired of being mucked about. [=(US) jerked around]
muck in
[phrasal verb] British, informal
:
to help out especially by doing work
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muck in [=pitch in] with the hard work
muck out
[phrasal verb]
muck (something) out
or
muck out (something)
informal
:
to clean (the place where a farm animal lives)
:
to remove animal waste and dirty hay, sawdust, etc., from (a place, such as a barn)
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We went to the barn to muck out [=clean out] the stalls.
muck up
[phrasal verb]
1
muck (something) up
or
muck up (something)
chiefly British, informal
:
to make (something) dirty
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Take those dirty shoes off before you muck up the floor.
2
:
to spoil or ruin (something)
:
to make mistakes in doing or making (something)
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He mucked up [=messed up] the speech. = He mucked the speech up.
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I mucked up my first attempt and had to try again.
