muck

muck

 (mŭk)

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.

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.

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

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muck′i·ly adv.

muck′y adj.

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muck

(mʌk)

n

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.

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muck

Past participle: mucked
Gerund: mucking

Imperative

muck

muck

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Thesaurus

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!"

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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"

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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.

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Translations

رَوْث، سَماد

hnůjodpadkyšpína

møgskidt

FressenMistSchweinefraß

liesaletés

mykja; skítur, drulla, óòverri

sudiciumeconcimegingillarsiguastareletame

두엄

čiupinėtisiškoptiišmėžtikrapštytisšlamštas

draņķismēsli

çerçöpgübrepislik

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

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] → 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

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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

(mak) noun

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

ˈmucky adjective

vuil وَسِخ، قَذِر мръсен sujo špinavý, zaneřáděný schmutzig møgbeskidt βρομερόςsucio, mugroso sopane کثيف likainen sale, boueuxמלוכלך गंदा prljav, blatan mocskos, undorító kotor óþrifalegur sporco 不潔な 더러운 purvinas, bjaurus, nešvarus mēslains; draņķīgs kotor vuilgjørmet, skittenbrudny چټل sujo murdar навозный;грязный špinavý umazan prljav lortig, skitig สกปรก çok pis 骯髒的 брудний میلا کچیلا bẩn thỉu 肮脏的，粪肥的

muck about/around

1. to do things without any definite plan. rondval يَعْمَلُ الأشْياء بِدون خُطَّةٍ مُحَدَّدَه импровизирам fazer ao acaso patlat, hudlařit herumlungern drive omkring τεμπελιάζωhacer el tonto jukerdama خراب کردن touhuta 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 omkringplątać się خرابول fazer ao acaso a bricola, a face una-alta возиться pliesť sa (do) brkljati glupirati se larva (drälla) omkring ทำไปตามบุญตามกรรม 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 portar-se mal flinkat se herumblödeln fjolle rundt χαζεύωgandulear, perder el tiempo ringi lonkima نادانى و حماقت کردن sekoilla 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 medwygłupiać się جهالت portar-se mal a pierde vremea слоняться flákať sa postopati glupirati se tjafsa (leka) med เตร็ดเตร่ 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 limpar vyčistit ausmisten muge ud καθαρίζωlimpiar sõnnikust puhastama تمیز کردن puhdistaa 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 پاک کول limpar a curăţa чистить vyčistiť izkidati gnoj očistiti mocka [ut] i ทำความสะอาด temizlemek 清理(牛舍或馬廄) вичищати اسطبل کی صفائی کرنا dọn dẹp 清除（污物）

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