Meaning & use
mucks
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Cleans out or handles manure, mud, or dirt, especially from an animal enclosure.
See it in a sentence
He mucks out the stables every morning before school.
Stop mucking around and finish your homework.
A note on using this word
The phrasal form "mucks about/around" is common British informal usage meaning to waste time or behave foolishly.
Another way to use it
2. verb
Wastes time or behaves in a silly, aimless way (used with "about" or "around").
The kids mucked around in the garden all afternoon instead of studying.
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