[muhk] 
| 1. | moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. |
| 2. | a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure. |
| 3. | mire; mud. |
| 4. | filth, dirt, or slime. |
| 5. | defamatory or sullying remarks. |
| 6. | a state of chaos or confusion: to make a muck of things. |
| 7. | Chiefly British Informal. something of no value; trash. |
| 8. | (esp. in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought. |
| 9. | to manure. |
| 10. | to make dirty; soil. |
| 11. | to remove muck from (sometimes fol. by out). |
| 12. | Informal.
|
| 13. | muck about or around, Informal. to idle; waste time; loiter. |
| muck (mŭk) n.
muck about Chiefly British To spend time idly; putter. muck up Informal To bungle, damage, or ruin. [Middle English muk, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse myki, dung.] muck'i·ly adv., muck'y adj. |