muck
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[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).
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[edit] Noun
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muck (uncountable)
[edit] Translations
Slimy mud
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to muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle mucking, simple past and past participle mucked)
- To shovel muck.
- We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
- To do a dirty job.
- To make an error or do a bad job.
- You really mucked up that job.
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[edit] Scots
[edit] Etymology
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse myki, mykr ‘dung’.
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muck (uncountable)
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[edit] Verb
tae muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle muckin, simple past muckit, past participle muckit)