muck

muck  (mk)

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.

tr.v. mucked, muck·ing, mucks

1. To fertilize with manure or compost.

2. To make dirty with or as if with muck.

3. To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).

Phrasal Verbs:

muck about Chiefly British

To spend time idly; putter.

muck up Informal

To bungle, damage, or ruin.

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

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mucki·ly adv.

mucky adj.

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muck [mʌk]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

make a muck of Slang chiefly Brit to ruin or spoil

vb (tr)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to spread manure upon (fields, gardens, etc.)

2. to soil or pollute

3. (often foll by out) to clear muck from See also muck about, muck in, muck up

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muck - any thick, viscous matter             goo, gook, 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!"

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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"

Translations

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

vi

(= 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] → rater
muck heap n → tas m de fumier
muck-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

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muck

n

(= 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

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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

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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

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muck

n muck [mak]

dung, filth, rubbish etc farm yard muck. vuilis رَوْث، سَماد мръсотия hnůj, špína, odpadky møg; skidt der Mist βρομιές suciedad, mugre sõnnik کثافت lanta, törky saletés זֶבֶל गंदगी gnojivo trágya kotoran mykja; skítur, drulla, óþverri letame; sporcizia 汚物 오물, 쓰레기 mėšlas, purvas, šlamštas mēsli; draņķis kotoran vuiligheid møkk, skitt, skrot gnój lixo gunoi; bălegar навоз; грязь hnoj; špina umazanija đubre dynga, lort, skit ปุ๋ยคอก gübre, pislik, çerçöp 糞肥 гній فضلہ یا کچرا phân chuồng 粪肥

adj mucky

vuil وَسِخ، قَذِر мръсен špinavý, zaneřáděný møgbeskidt schmutzig βρομερός sucio, mugroso sopane کثيف likainen sale, boueux מְלוּכלָך गंदा prljav, blatan mocskos, undorító kotor óþrifalegur sporco 不潔な 더러운 purvinas, bjaurus, nešvarus mēslains; draņķīgs kotor vuil gjørmet, skitten brudny sujo murdar навозный;грязный špinavý umazan prljav lortig, skitig สกปรก çok pis 糞肥的 брудний میلا کچیلا bẩn thỉu （叙）粪肥的

muck about/around

1 to do things without any definite plan. rondval يَعْمَلُ الأشْياء بِدون خُطَّةٍ مُحَدَّدَه импровизирам patlat, hudlařit drive omkring herumlungern τεμπελιάζω hacer el tonto jukerdama خراب کردن maleksia bricoler לְהִתבַּטֵל बिना किसी योजना के करना loše rukovoditi elvacakol kerja seenaknya slæpast gingillarsi いいかげんにする 계획이 없이 일을 하다 čiupinėtis, krapštytis knosīties (ap kādu darbu) main-main rondknoeien gå og drive omkring plątać się fazer ao acaso a bricola, a face una-alta возиться pliesť sa (do) brkljati glupirati se larva (drälla) omkring ใช้เวลาให้เสียไปอย่างไร้ประโยชน์ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) gelişigüzel iş yapmak 混日子 долубатися; порпатися بغیر سونچے سمجھے کام کرنا đi lêu lổng 混日子

2 to fool around. rondmors يَتَسَكَّع، يَمْشي بِتوانٍ بدون هَدَف мотая се flinkat se fjolle rundt herumblödeln χαζεύω gandulear, perder el tiempo ringi lonkima نادانى و حماقت کردن pelehtiä perdre son temps לְשָׂחֵק बेवकूफी vrludati lófrál, csavarog berkeliaran fíflast bighellonare のらくらする 빈둥거리다 slampinėti blandīties apkārt main-main klieren rote med wygłupiać się portar-se mal a pierde vremea слоняться flákať sa postopati glupirati se tjafsa (leka) med สูญเสียเวลาโดยเปล่าประโยชน์ vakit öldürmek 鬼混 тинятися آوارہ گردی کرنا làm những việc vô bổ 鬼混

muck out

to clean (a stable). skoonmaak يُنَظِّف почиствам обор vyčistit muge ud ausmisten καθαρίζω (π.χ. στάβλο) limpiar sõnnikust puhastama تمیز کردن luoda lanta nettoyer לְנָקוֹת सफाई करना očistiti kiganéz membersihkan moka út/flórinn, hreinsa pulire 掃除する (외양간을) 청소하다 iškopti, išmėžti izmēzt membersihkan uitmesten måke ut sprzątać stajnię limpar a curăţa чистить vyčistiť izkidati gnoj očistiti mocka [] i ทำความสะอาด temizlemek 清除(汙物) вичищати اسطبل کی صفائی کرنا dọn dẹp 清除（污物）