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noun Informal.
a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
Origin:
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase muck up
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase muck up
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Muck up
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noun
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.
EXPANDdefamatory or sullying remarks.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase9.
to manure.
10.
to make dirty; soil.
11.
to remove muck from (sometimes followed by out).
12.
Informal.
a.
to ruin; bungle (often followed by up).
b.
to put into a state of complete confusion (often followed by up).
13.
muck about/around, Informal. to idle; waste time; loiter.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English muc, muk < Old Norse myki cow dung
1200–50; Middle English muc, muk < Old Norse myki cow dung
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| muck up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (Brit), (Austral) (tr) to ruin or spoil; make a mess of |
| 2. | (Austral) (intr) to misbehave |
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Word Origin & History
muck
mid-13c., "cow dung and vegetable matter spread as manure," from O.N. myki, mykr "cow dung," from P.Gmc. *muk-, *meuk- "soft." Meaning "unclean matter generally" is from c.1300. The verb meaning "to make dirty" is from 1832; in the figurative sense it is from 1886; to muck about "mess around" is from
EXPAND1856. Muck-sweat first attested 1690s. Related: Mucking.
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Slang Dictionary
muck (sth) up definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
muck up
Bungle, damage, make a mess of, as in Don't let him write the review; he's sure to muck it up. This idiom alludes to the verb muck in the sense of "spread manure on." [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see foul up.
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