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muck

/mʌk/
Meanings
  • noun

    A mass of wet, soft earth or other material; mud.

    - "The farmer worked in the muck all day long."
    - "The children enjoyed playing in the muck during the rain."
    - "The pigs rolled in the muck."
  • verb

    To move or handle something with difficulty, clumsily.

    - "I had to muck out the barn every morning."
    - "The workers mucked about with the pipes for hours."
    - "Don't muck up the presentation with unnecessary details."
Pronunciation
  1. /mʌk/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50010919"
Rhymes
Words rhyming with muck
huck , duck , muckle , cluck
Homonyms
Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

  1. muck (Scottish) : to work hard or diligently

  2. muck (Australian slang) : to argue or fight

  3. muck (Nautical) : to remove waste material from the bottom of a ship's hold

Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. muck (Scottish) : to work hard or diligently

  2. muck (Australian slang) : to argue or fight

Variants
List of all variants of muck that leads to same result
muck , mucks , mucked , mucker , muckers , mucking , muck up , mucked up , mucking up , mucks up , muck about , muck about/around , muck around , mucked about/around , mucking about/around , mucks about/around , muck about with , muck about/around with , muck around with , muck in , mucked in , mucking in , mucks in , muck out , mucked out , mucking out , mucks out , high-muck-a-muck , high-muck-a-mucks , high-muckety-muck , high-muckety-mucks , muck-a-muck , muck-a-mucks , muckamuck , muckety-muck , muckety-mucks , mucky-muck , mucky-mucks , make a muck of , make a muck of (something) , make a muck of something
Forms
Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

mucks, mucked, muckier, muckiest

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English mucge, from mucg 'mud'.

Trivia
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  1. Muckraking is a journalistic term for investigative reporting that exposes corruption and wrongdoing.

  2. Mucking in is a term used to describe working together as a team, particularly in a physical or labor-intensive task.

Related Concepts
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  1. mud: A related substance, often used interchangeably with muck, but generally referring to a drier, less liquid form of earth or soil.

  2. sludge: A thick, sticky substance, similar to muck, often found in industrial processes or water treatment.

Culture
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Muck has been used extensively in literature, particularly in works dealing with rural life or farming. It has also been used figuratively to describe difficult or unpleasant situations. In art, muck has been used as a metaphor for the struggles and hardships of life.

How to Memorize "muck"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a farmer working in a muddy field, covered in muck from head to toe. Visualize the texture and consistency of the muck, and the sounds and smells associated with it.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'muck' with the feeling of being stuck or bogged down. Think of situations in your life where you have had to deal with difficult or unpleasant tasks, and how those tasks might be described as 'mucking about'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the acronym MUCK: 'M'ud, 'U'npleasant, 'C'lumsy, 'K'nocking off work'

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