guck

variants or gook
as in mud
soft wet earth don't walk on that clean floor with guck on your shoes

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Recent Examples of guck The water levels varied with every step, rising from feet to knees to thighs in an instant, then back to shoe-sucking guck. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2022 Rachael’s radical hypothesis is that menstruation is necessary to flush out bacteria and guck that enter women’s bodies along with sperm during intercourse. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 18 July 2019 Take a look: The guck that comes out of what has been classified by INSIDER as an epidermoid cyst seems never-ending. Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
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Noun
  • In just one day, an entire year's worth of rainfall drenched the area, submerging homes and vehicles and leaving streets clogged with mud and debris.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Other elements included the building of a practical mud pit, mushrooms on set and real fireflies for a sequence in Episode 3, to ensure each moment in the series looked and felt as real as possible.
    Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Bodyguards opened umbrellas to protect the royals and officials from the barrage of muck.
    Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Flooring and Carpets Even with the best of intentions, outdoor muck will inevitably make its way past the entryway.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • First, the competitors must dig through the sand to retrieve a key.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Downstream, beaches at the river's mouth are eroding, as sand, meant to replenish coastal areas, remains trapped in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, another struggling reservoir further along the river.
    Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.
    Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Louisiana sludge metal outfit Acid Bath is also reuniting at Sick New World for their first performance since 1997.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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