See Also: high-muck-a-muck(dictionary)
muck-a-muck(dictionary)
muck(1)(dictionary)
muck(2)(dictionary)
muck(dictionary)
muck 1, noun(dictionary)
mucky-muck(dictionary)
Muck - Blackjack(gambling)
muck 2, verb(dictionary)
Muck Out - Horse Racing(gambling)

muck (iou)



muck verb. LME.
[from MUCK noun1. Cf. Old Norse moka shovel (manure).]
verb trans. Free from muck; remove muck from (a stable, pig-pen, or other shelter for an animal). Now usu. foll. by out. LME.
J. Betjeman She can muck out the stables and clean Her snaffle.
b. verb trans. Remove muck from the shelter of (an animal). Usu. foll. by out. M20.
Times She did manual work..toiling in the fields, mucking out the chickens.
c. verb intrans. Foll. by out: remove muck from a stable, pig-pen, etc. M20.
C. Watson Used to stand work and willing to muck out.
verb trans. Cover with muck, manure. LME.
verb trans.
a. = MESS verb 7a. Usu. foll. by up. M19.
J. Tey You don't want that dazzling outfit of yours to be mucked up.
b. = MESS verb 7b. Usu. foll. by about, around. L19.
N. Bawden I don't like to see him muck his life up.
verb intrans.
a. = MESS verb 6a. Usu. foll. by about, around. M19.
Notes & Queries The gang of young people mucking about at nightfall.
b. Foll. by in: share food, facilities, etc.; eat; share tasks, cooperate, participate, consort with. E20.
Daily Telegraph He mucked in with the rest of us.
verb intrans. euphem. = FUCK verb 1. Chiefly in imprecations (see FUCK verb 3). E20.
Comb.: muck-about colloq. a person who mucks about; an act of mucking about; muck-up colloq. a blunder, a fiasco; a mess, a muddle.
mucking ppl adjective & adverb (euphem.) = FUCKING E20.