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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)
9.
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).
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Mucked
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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
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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