Mucker

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒkÉ™(r)

Full definition of mucker

Noun

1. (UK, slang, southern) friendFancy a pint, me old mucker?
2. (slang, Northern Ireland) friend or acquaintanceHow's about ye mucker? = How are you?
3. A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
4. (archaic, derogatory) A low or vulgar labourer.

Usage notes

Mucker, in the friendly senses, is used almost exclusively by a man to another man.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.