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muck

[ muhk ]

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noun

moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure.
mire; mud.
filth, dirt, or slime.
defamatory or sullying remarks.
a state of chaos or confusion:
to make a muck of things.
Chiefly British Informal. something of no value; trash.
(especially in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought.

verb (used with object)

to manure.
to make dirty; soil.
to remove muck from (sometimes followed by out ).
Informal.
1. to ruin; bungle (often followed by up ).
2. to put into a state of complete confusion (often followed by up ).

verb phrase

Informal. to idle; waste time; loiter.

muck

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noun

farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter
Also calledmuck soil an organic soil rich in humus and used as a fertilizer
dirt or filth
earth, rock material, etc, removed during mining excavations
slang.
rubbish
See Lord Muck Lady Muck
make a muck of slang.
to ruin or spoil

verb

to spread manure upon (fields, gardens, etc)
to soil or pollute
often foll by out to clear muck from

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of muck¹

1200–50; Middle English muc, muk < Old Norse myki cow dung

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of muck¹

C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse myki dung, Norwegian myk

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These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.

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As Ms Hall was busy draining off the pasta in the sink, her partner of 27 years and their daughter were "mucking about by the back door".

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Even if significant debris flows don’t happen, roads could be mucked with mud, “and there will probably be a lot of road closures in and around those burn scars,” Kittell said.

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Vickers had claimed the fatal injury was caused accidentally while they were "mucking about", but jurors at Teesside Crown Court found him guilty of murder with a majority verdict.

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“People should prepare for really the worst-case scenario,” Kittell said, where heavy rainfall could send mud and debris sliding off hillsides, mucking up roads and possibly colliding into homes and other structures.

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