muck

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English mok and muk from the Proto-Indo-European *meu-g (“‘slick, slimy’”). Akin to the Old Norse myki (“‘dung’”) (Icelandic mykja).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /mʌk/, SAMPA: /mVk/

  Rhymes: -ʌk

[edit] Noun

muck (uncountable)

1. Slimy mud.
2. Soft or slimy manure.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle mucking, simple past and past participle mucked)

1. To shovel muck.

   We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.

2. To do a dirty job.
3. To make an error or do a bad job.

   You really mucked up that job.

[edit] Derived terms

• muck about
• muck around
• muck in
• muck out
• mucker
• muckraker
• mucky
• muck spreader
• common as muck

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse myki, mykr ‘dung’.

[edit] Noun

muck (uncountable)

1. dung, manure, muck

[edit] Verb

tae muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle muckin, simple past muckit, past participle muckit)

1. To dirty, foul