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MUCK
droppings, dung, muck
(noun) fecal matter of animals
sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
(noun) any thick, viscous matter
muck
(verb) remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
mire, muck, mud, muck up
(verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire; āThe child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the gardenā
manure, muck
(verb) spread manure, as for fertilization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
muck (usually uncountable, plural mucks)
(slimy) mud, sludge.
Soft (or slimy) manure.
Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
grub, slop, swill
(obsolete, derogatory) money
(poker) The pile of discarded cards.
Verb
muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle mucking, simple past and past participle mucked)
To shovel muck.
To manure with muck.
To do a dirty job.
(poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
Proper noun
Muck (plural Mucks)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Muck is the 16041st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1808 individuals. Muck is most common among White (91.21%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Muck
Definition: , abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.
Muck, n. Etym: [Icel. myki; akin to D. mƶg. Cf. Midden.]
1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.
2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.
4. Money; -- in contempt. The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl. Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once.
– Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.
Muck, a.
Definition: Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
Muck, v. t.
Definition: To manure with muck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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