Muck
noun
Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.
There was muck everywhere after the festival.
Often appears as...
- a load of muck
- muck heap
verb
Remove dirt or waste matter from (a place).
They had to muck out the stables.
Often appears as...
- muck out stable
- muck out barn
noun
Fertilizer consisting of decaying plant or animal matter.
He spread muck on the fields to improve the soil
Often appears as...
- spread the muck
- muck heap
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To spoil, ruin.
He mucked up his chances of promotion.
Often appears as...
- muck up plans
- muck up opportunity
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.
There was muck everywhere after the festival.
Often appears as...
- a load of muck
- muck heap
verb
Remove dirt or waste matter from (a place).
They had to muck out the stables.
Often appears as...
- muck out stable
- muck out barn
noun
Fertilizer consisting of decaying plant or animal matter.
He spread muck on the fields to improve the soil
Often appears as...
- spread the muck
- muck heap
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To spoil, ruin.
He mucked up his chances of promotion.
Often appears as...
- muck up plans
- muck up opportunity
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical mess
The term often describes areas left dirty after an event with many people.
I volunteered to clean up the muck at the park post-concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Muck' suggests unpleasantness or something that should be removed.
The abandoned lot was full of muck and debris.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Muck' can be used to describe a situation that is chaotic or troublesome.
The project became a bureaucratic muck that hindered progress.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical mess
The term often describes areas left dirty after an event with many people.
I volunteered to clean up the muck at the park post-concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Muck' suggests unpleasantness or something that should be removed.
The abandoned lot was full of muck and debris.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Muck' can be used to describe a situation that is chaotic or troublesome.
The project became a bureaucratic muck that hindered progress.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical mess
The term often describes areas left dirty after an event with many people.
I volunteered to clean up the muck at the park post-concert.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Muck' suggests unpleasantness or something that should be removed.
The abandoned lot was full of muck and debris.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Muck' can be used to describe a situation that is chaotic or troublesome.
The project became a bureaucratic muck that hindered progress.
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Video examples
Launching a Food...
the first season I wanted to spread the word I wanted to big it up we haven't got time to muck about guys also I don't want it to be a formatted show and go back to the next most unhealthy town in America no not at all so we went to LA and you know let's just put it in perspective California I've come here for a strategic reason okay
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Turning trash into toys...
It's children's delight, a teacher's envy, as they say. You're not able to see how the sound is produced, because the thing which is vibrating goes inside my mouth. I'm going to keep this outside, to blow out. I'm going to suck in air. So no one actually needs to muck up the production of sound
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Amazing Orca Dolphins...
they just need time to get to know each other and just to muck around this has already been just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent I don't want to chase them it's very important that I don't go into their space I let them
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
detritus all over the place it looks like the you know the male's clearly aren't doing anything to help clear up she's got to do all the work and basically she just let it all go and so it's not nearly as symmetrical and there's always muck about it and the web
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Is the world getting...
Let me address some questions about progress that no doubt have occurred to many of you. First, isn't it good to be pessimistic to safeguard against complacency, to rake the muck, to speak truth to power? Well, not exactly. It's good to be accurate.
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Laura Snyder: The...
pondered the cosmos from their armchairs. They were not mucking around in the fossil pits or conducting messy experiments with electrical piles like the members of the British Association. The crowd grew angry and began to complain loudly.
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Deadly Killer Whale...
they just need time to get to know each other and just to muck around this has already been just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent i don't want to chase them it's very
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Sophisticated Mountain...
as for most animals that play the activity strengthens physical abilities runs important survival skills and is really really good fun mucking about in the murky depths all day leave an auto rather filthy so they
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The incredible,...
digging into the muck and even using her trunk as a snorkel to breathe while submerged. The pair of matriarchs look contentedly on their herds, before turning their trunks to the horizon once more.
Video examples
Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
Video examples
Launching a Food...
the first season I wanted to spread the word I wanted to big it up we haven't got time to muck about guys also I don't want it to be a formatted show and go back to the next most unhealthy town in America no not at all so we went to LA and you know let's just put it in perspective California I've come here for a strategic reason okay
Video examples
Turning trash into toys...
It's children's delight, a teacher's envy, as they say. You're not able to see how the sound is produced, because the thing which is vibrating goes inside my mouth. I'm going to keep this outside, to blow out. I'm going to suck in air. So no one actually needs to muck up the production of sound
Video examples
Amazing Orca Dolphins...
they just need time to get to know each other and just to muck around this has already been just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent I don't want to chase them it's very important that I don't go into their space I let them
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
detritus all over the place it looks like the you know the male's clearly aren't doing anything to help clear up she's got to do all the work and basically she just let it all go and so it's not nearly as symmetrical and there's always muck about it and the web
Video examples
Is the world getting...
Let me address some questions about progress that no doubt have occurred to many of you. First, isn't it good to be pessimistic to safeguard against complacency, to rake the muck, to speak truth to power? Well, not exactly. It's good to be accurate.
Video examples
Laura Snyder: The...
pondered the cosmos from their armchairs. They were not mucking around in the fossil pits or conducting messy experiments with electrical piles like the members of the British Association. The crowd grew angry and began to complain loudly.
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
they just need time to get to know each other and just to muck around this has already been just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent i don't want to chase them it's very
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
as for most animals that play the activity strengthens physical abilities runs important survival skills and is really really good fun mucking about in the murky depths all day leave an auto rather filthy so they
Video examples
The incredible,...
digging into the muck and even using her trunk as a snorkel to breathe while submerged. The pair of matriarchs look contentedly on their herds, before turning their trunks to the horizon once more.
Video examples
Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Richard Schiff
American Actor
I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.
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Zoe Ball
My best characteristic is that I don't take things too seriously. And my worst characteristic is the same one. There are times when my family wants me to take things seriously and I'll be mucking about. So I'm aware it's annoying for everyone else.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
American Actress
My parents taught me many of the things that people need in life to feel confident: practical things, such as managing finances, mucking out the goat barn, cleaning a house, doing repairs, mending a broken roof or a toilet.
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Chantal Sutherland
Canadian Athlete
I've lived out many of the dreams I had as a little girl, back when I was riding my pony, mucking stalls, feeding cows, aspiring to finally become a professional jockey and racing in stakes races on a worldwide stage.
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Liv Hewson
Australian Actor
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.
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Wilfried Zaha
Athlete
I am a normal guy. I muck about; I play around with my nieces. The only thing is I need to be professional when I am out and conduct myself in a certain way. I still live a normal lifestyle.
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Lindsay Wagner
American Actress
Once you go inside and weed through the muck, you will find the real beauty, the truth about yourself.
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Sara Cox
English Entertainer
The farm life, the space, the muck, I absolutely loved it - it was like having your own kingdom.
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Norman Wisdom
English Comedian
I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Russian Statesman
We should not pour muck on ourselves.
Quote examples
Richard Schiff
American Actor
I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.
Quote examples
Zoe Ball
My best characteristic is that I don't take things too seriously. And my worst characteristic is the same one. There are times when my family wants me to take things seriously and I'll be mucking about. So I'm aware it's annoying for everyone else.
Quote examples
Bryce Dallas Howard
American Actress
My parents taught me many of the things that people need in life to feel confident: practical things, such as managing finances, mucking out the goat barn, cleaning a house, doing repairs, mending a broken roof or a toilet.
Quote examples
Chantal Sutherland
Canadian Athlete
I've lived out many of the dreams I had as a little girl, back when I was riding my pony, mucking stalls, feeding cows, aspiring to finally become a professional jockey and racing in stakes races on a worldwide stage.
Quote examples
Liv Hewson
Australian Actor
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.
Quote examples
Wilfried Zaha
Athlete
I am a normal guy. I muck about; I play around with my nieces. The only thing is I need to be professional when I am out and conduct myself in a certain way. I still live a normal lifestyle.
Quote examples
Lindsay Wagner
American Actress
Once you go inside and weed through the muck, you will find the real beauty, the truth about yourself.
Quote examples
Sara Cox
English Entertainer
The farm life, the space, the muck, I absolutely loved it - it was like having your own kingdom.
Quote examples
Norman Wisdom
English Comedian
I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have.
Quote examples
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Russian Statesman
We should not pour muck on ourselves.
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