mucked; mucking; mucks
1
a
: to clean up
especially
: to clear of manure or filth
—usually used with out
b
: to clear of muck
2
: to dress (something, such as soil) with muck
3
: to dirty with or as if with muck : soil
1
: to move or load muck (as in a mine)
mucker
noun
Synonyms
Examples of muck in a Sentence
Noun
Clean that muck off your shoes.
spattered with muck from the pigpen
Verb
you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
The Bears were primed for a breakout season and wound up back in the muck and mire.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Drillers used mucking poles to vault between platforms because setting a boot in the muck was a risk.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
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Noun
But the Vikings plowed ahead in the muck, getting touchdown plunges from Foreman and Johnson to advance to the NFC title game in Dallas.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
The Bears were primed for a breakout season and wound up back in the muck and mire.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
Instead of merely mucking it up, Vancouver began to muck its way into the game.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Drillers used mucking poles to vault between platforms because setting a boot in the muck was a risk.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Muck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muck. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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