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mucky

[ muhk-ee ]

adjective

, muck·i·er, muck·i·est.
  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.


ˈmucky

/ ˈmʌkɪ /

adjective

  1. dirty
  2. of or like muck


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmuckily, adverb
  • ˈmuckiness, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mucky1

First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y 1

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Example Sentences

The terrain is mucky, and the pickings are slim; patience and boredom are a part of the hunt.

When I seen she had it figgered out I was in a quest fur some high-mucky-muck fur a dad, I didn't tell her no different.

But Grundy's covered it all up and hidden it and put mucky shades and covers over it until he's forgotten it.

Anyway, not mucky stories about a handsome stranger coming along just because a girl's car busts down.

Trees, for the orchard, should never be grown upon a mucky or peaty soil.

The air was nauseous with the dank mucky odour that cooked out of the mangrove swamp.

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