muck
[noun]
Synonyms:
- manure, dung, ordure
- dirt, filth, gunge (informal), mire, mud, ooze, slime, sludge

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I. muck¹ /mʌk/ noun [uncountable] informal
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]

1. dirt, mud, or another sticky substance that makes something dirty:
Come on, let’s wipe that muck off your face.

2. British English waste matter from animals, sometimes put on land to make plants grow better Synonym : manure:
special machinery for spreading muck onto the fields
dog muck

3. British English something that is unpleasant or of very bad quality:
How can you eat that muck? It looks disgusting.
I’m not surprised she left. He treated her like muck (=very badly).

4. make a muck of something British English informal to do something very badly and make a lot of mistakes Synonym : muck up:
I really made a muck of the exam.

5. as common as muck British English informal very common or of a low social class

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II. muck² verb
muck about/around phrasal verb British English informal

1. to behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or paying attention to something Synonym : mess around:
Stop mucking about and listen!
Some of the boys were mucking around on bikes.

2. muck somebody about/around to cause trouble for someone, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you promised to do Synonym : mess somebody around:
The company kept mucking us around and changing the price.
muck in phrasal verb British English informal

1. to do your share of the work that is necessary in order to get a job done:
If we all muck in, we could get the whole house painted by the end of the week.

2. to share space with other people
muck in with
There are only three bedrooms. Do you mind mucking in with the other boys?
muck something ↔ out phrasal verb British English
to clean the place where a farm animal lives:
You have to muck out the stables every day in the winter.
muck something ↔ up phrasal verb informal

1. British English to do something badly, so that you fail to achieve something Synonym : mess up:
I really mucked up my driving test first time.

2. to spoil something, especially an arrangement or plan Synonym : mess up:
The bad weather mucked up our plans for a picnic.

3. British English to make something dirty Synonym : mess up:
Who’s mucked up the carpet in here?

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