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mucky

[ muhk-ee ]

adjective

muckier, muckiest.
  1. of or like muck.
  2. filthy, dirty, or slimy.
  3. British Informal.
    1. obscene:

      a mucky story.

    2. nasty; mean or contemptible:

      a mucky trick.

    3. (of weather) oppressively humid.


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adjective

  1. dirty
  2. of or like muck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾³Ü³¦°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³¾³Ü³¦°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mucky1

First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y 1
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A digger tucked into the dumped piles and loaded a trailer, which was then pulled across a vast expanse of mucky wet ground by a tractor.

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But I wonder how many other 23-year-olds get up every day at five in the morning for the mucky, and vital, job of milking?

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In “New Heraldry,†Seattle artist Sara Osebold imagines a new world after “total collapse,†through canvas drawings and clay sculptures imprinted with mysterious, textlike symbols and ceramic fragments found in mucky Seattle creek beds.

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I tell her we’re doing a sort of mucky mascara thing, and she’s like ‘darling, nobody’s wearing mascara in New York'.â€

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Those who remained Sunday described a resilient community making the most of the mucky conditions: Many posted selfies of themselves covered in mud, dancing or splashing in the makeshift lakes.

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