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muck⋅y

[muhk-ee]
–adjective, muck⋅i⋅er, muck⋅i⋅est.
1. of or like muck.
2. filthy, dirty, or slimy.
3. British Informal.
a. obscene: a mucky story.
b. nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick.
c. (of weather) oppressively humid.

Origin:
1530–40; muck + -y 1
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muck   (mŭk)   
n.  
  1. A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.

  2. Moist farmyard dung; manure.

  3. Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.

  4. Something filthy or disgusting.

  5. Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.

tr.v.   mucked, muck·ing, mucks
  1. To fertilize with manure or compost.

  2. To make dirty with or as if with muck.

  3. To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).

Phrasal Verb(s):
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.
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