muck

/mʌk/
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muck

The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Animal feces, especially from farm animals: "Muck" primarily refers to the excrement of animals, particularly livestock like cows or horses, often used as manure.
    • Dirt, filth, or a messy substance: "Muck" can also describe any wet, sticky, and dirty matter, such as mud or slime.
    • Something regarded as worthless or unpleasant: Informally, "muck" can refer to rubbish, trash, or something considered disgusting.

  2. Verb:

    • To make dirty or soil: To cover something with dirt, mud, or filth.
    • To spread manure: To apply animal excrement as fertilizer on land.
    • To clean or remove waste: To clear away muck, such as in a stable or mine.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The farmer spread the muck from the cowshed onto the fields.
    • After the rain, the yard was covered in muck.
    • He had to clean all the muck out of the old shed.

  • Verb:

    • Be careful not to muck your new shoes in that puddle.
    • It's time to muck the garden before planting the new seeds.
    • The workers were assigned to muck out the stables every morning.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be in a muck": to be in a dirty or messy state.
    • The kitchen was in a muck after they finished cooking.
  • "to make a muck of something": to do something very badly; to ruin or spoil something.
    • I'm afraid I've made a muck of this report and will have to start over.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mucky (adj): dirty, covered in muck.
    • Her boots were mucky after the walk through the field.
  • Muckrake (v): to search for and expose scandal, especially about famous people.
    • The journalist was known to muckrake about corrupt politicians.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Dung, manure, filth, sludge, grime.
  • Verb: Dirty, soil, befoul, manure, clean out.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Muck about/around (British informal): to behave in a silly way or waste time.
    • Stop mucking about and help me with this work.
  • Muck in (British informal): to join in and help with an activity, especially one involving physical work.
    • Everyone mucked in to clean up after the party.
  • Muck up (informal): to spoil or ruin something; to make something dirty.
    • He mucked up his chances by arriving late for the interview.
    • The children mucked up the floor with their muddy boots.
Related Idioms
  • "Where there's muck, there's brass" (British saying): This means that dirty or unpleasant work can be profitable. (Brass is a slang term for money).
    • He doesn't mind the hard labor on the farm; he believes where there's muck, there's brass.
muck

The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden.

Noun
  1. fecal matter of animals
  2. any thick, viscous matter
Verb
  1. soil with mud, muck, or mire
    • The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
  2. spread manure, as for fertilization
  3. remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

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