mucky

English

Etymology

muck +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌki/

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• Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

mucky (comparative muckier, superlative muckiest)

1. (colloquial) Covered in muck.
   • 1991, Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing Group:

     Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed.

2. (colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.

   a mucky magazine

   • 1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers:

     The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.

Synonyms

• (covered in muck): dirty, filthy, muddy; see also Thesaurus:unclean
• (obscene): adult, blue, X-rated; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic

Derived terms

• mucky pup

Translations

covered in muck

• Bulgarian: мръсен (bg) (mrǎsen), оцапан (bg) (ocapan)
• Dutch: smoezelig (nl)
• German: dreckig (de), schmutzig (de)
• Plautdietsch: blottich

obscene

• Bulgarian: неприличен (bg) (nepriličen), циничен (bg) (ciničen)
• German: (colloquial) schmuddelig (de)