Muck

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /mÊŒk/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒk

Origin

From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr ("dung") (compare Icelandic mykja), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meug ("slick, slippery"), *meuk (compare Welsh mign ("swamp"), Latin mūcus ("snot"), mucere ("to be moldy or musty"), Latvian mukls ("swampy"), Albanian myk ("mould"), Ancient Greek mýxa 'mucus, lamp wick', mýkes 'fungus'), from *(s)meug, meuk 'to slip'. More at meek.

Full definition of muck

Noun

1. Slimy mud.The car was covered in muck from the rally race.I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
2. Soft or slimy manure.
3. dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.What's that green muck on the floor?
4. Anything filthy or vile.
5. (obsolete, derogatory) money
• Beaumont and Fletcherthe fatal muck we quarrelled for

Derived terms

• mucky
• where there's muck there's brass

Verb

1. To shovel muck.We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
2. To manure with muck.
3. To do a dirty job.
4. (poker, colloquial) To pass (give one's cards back to the dealer).

Derived terms

• muck about
• muck around
• muck in
• muck out
• muck up
• mucker
• muckraker
• mucky
• muck spreader
• common as muck
• where there's muck there's brass