Muck Definition

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr 'dung' (compare Icelandic mykja), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meug, *meuk 'slick, slippery' (compare Welsh mign 'swamp', Latin mūcus 'snot', mucere 'to be moldy or musty', Latvian mukls 'swampy', Ancient Greek mýxa 'mucus, lamp wick', mýkes 'fungus'), from *(s)meug, meuk 'to slip'. More at meek.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /mʌk/, SAMPA: /mVk/

  Rhymes: -ʌk

Noun

muck (uncountable)

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

Verb

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.

4. (poker, colloquial) To pass (give one's cards back to the dealer).

Derived terms

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

Scots

Etymology

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

Noun

muck (uncountable)

1. dung, manure, muck

Verb

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

1. To dirty, foul

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