Meaning & use

muck

noun·Everyday

Dirt, mud, or manure, especially when thick, wet, and unpleasant.

See it in a sentence

Their boots sank into the muck at the edge of the flooded field.

Farmhands shoveled muck out of the stables every morning.

A note on using this word

The informal phrase 'muck about' or 'muck around' means to waste time or behave foolishly, unrelated to the literal dirt sense.

Words with a similar meaning

mudfilth

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