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Meaning of MUCK

Pronunciation:  muk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  fecal matter of animals
  2. [n]  any thick messy substance
  3. [v]  remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
  4. [v]  soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
  5. [v]  spread manure, as for fertilization
 
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 Synonyms: droppings, dung, goo, gook, guck, gunk, manure, mire, muck up, mud, ooze, slime, sludge
 
 See Also: begrime, bemire, BM, buffalo chip, chip, colly, cow chip, cow dung, cow pie, dejection, dirty, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, grime, matter, ordure, pigeon droppings, remove, sapropel, scatter, soil, spread, spread out, stool, substance, take, take away, withdraw

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Muck\ (m[u^]k),
    abbreviation of Amuck.
    {To run a muck}. See {Amuck}.
    
  2. \Muck\, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m["o]g. Cf. {Midden}.]
    1. Dung in a moist state; manure. --Bacon.
    2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp
       places and swamps.
    3. Anything filthy or vile. --Spenser.
    4. Money; -- in contempt.
             The fatal muck we quarreled for.      --Beau. & Fl.
    {Muck bar}, bar iron which has been through the rolls only
       once.
    {Muck iron}, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or
       rollers. --Knight.
    
  3. \Muck\, a.
    Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing
    muck; as, a muck fork.
    
  4. \Muck\, v. t.
    To manure with muck.
    
 
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