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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

Noun

1. dirt or filth

2. farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter

3. Slang, chiefly Brit & NZ something of poor quality; rubbish: I don't want to eat this muck

4. make a muck of Slang, chiefly Brit & NZ to ruin or spoil

Verb

to spread manure upon

See also muck about, muck in, etc. [probably Old Norse]

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, crap (taboo), (slang) sewage, ooze, scum, sludge, mire, slime, slob Irish gunk (informal) gunge (informal) crud (slang) kak S. African (informal) grot (slang)

noun 2. manure, crap (taboo), (slang) dung, ordure

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) crool or cruel Austral. (slang)

Translations

muck [mʌk] n (= dirt) → suciedad f;

(fig) → porquería

muck about or around vi (col) → perder el tiempo (= enjoy o.s.); entretenerse (= tinker); manosear

muck in vi (col) → arrimar el hombro

muck out vt [+ stable] → limpiar

muck up vt (col) (= dirty); ensuciar: (= spoil); echar a perder: (= ruin); estropear

muck [mʌk] n (= mud) → boue f (= dirt); ordures fpl

muck about vi (inf) → faire l'imbécile: (= waste time); traînasser: (= tinker); bricoler; tripoter

muck in vi (Brit) (inf) → donner un coup de main

muck out vt [+ stable] → nettoyer

muck up vt (inf) (= ruin); gâcher, esquinter: (= dirty); salir: [+ exam, interview]; se planter à

muck [mʌk] n (dirt) → Dreck m

muck about muck (inf) vi (fool about) → herumalbern

vt to muck sb about → mit jdm beliebig umspringen

muck around muck vi = muck about

muck in muck (Brit) (inf) vi → mit anpacken

muck out muck vt (stable) → ausmisten

muck up muck (inf) vt (exam etc) → verpfuschen

muck [mʌk] n (= mud) → fango (= dirt); sporcizia

muck about

muck around vi (col) → fare lo stupido: (= waste time); gingillarsi (= tinker); armeggiare

muck in vi (BRIT ) (col) → mettersi insieme

muck out vt [+ stable] → pulire

muck up vt (col) (= dirty); sporcare: (= 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 퇴비, 거름 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 ˈmucky

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 čiupinėtis, krapštytis knosīties (ap kādu darbu) main-main rondknoeien gå og drive omkring plątać się ao acaso fazer 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 빈들거리다 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 (마굿간)을 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）