mucked; mucking; mucks
1
a
: to clean up
especially
: to clear of manure or filth
—usually used with out
b
: to clear of muck
2
: to dress (something, such as soil) with muck
3
: to dirty with or as if with muck : soil
1
: to move or load muck (as in a mine)
mucker
noun
Examples of muck in a Sentence
Noun
Clean that muck off your shoes.
spattered with muck from the pigpen
Verb
you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 July 2025
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 July 2025
There's a guide with some suggestions, but the real fun is mucking around, and the set comes with handy storage boxes to pack everything neatly away when you're done.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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Noun
Dredging would have removed about four to five feet of muck and other material from the floor of the lake, increasing its depth to 12 feet in some places.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 July 2025
Verb
After 30 years of mucking about with a kings-of-Britpop rivalry, Damon Albarn is admitting what everyone and Flimsy Steve have known for some time: Oasis is a bigger deal than Blur.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 July 2025
There's a guide with some suggestions, but the real fun is mucking around, and the set comes with handy storage boxes to pack everything neatly away when you're done.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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“Muck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muck. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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