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# muck

noun (muck, uncountable); verb (muck, mucks, mucked, mucking)

«muck» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Muck is dirt, mud or something wet and dirty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#m1)
2. Muck is animal dung (poo), often spread on fields as manure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#m2)
3. (UK, informal) Muck about/around means to behave in a silly way and waste time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#m3)
4. (UK, informal) Muck up means to spoil or do something badly; muck in means to help with the work; muck out means to clean an animal's stable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#m4)

### In the lessons

On farms and in nature: muck in the farmyard, mucking out the pony. At home: «Take off your boots, they're covered in muck!» In school (UK): «Stop mucking about!» It is an informal, everyday word.

### Examples

- Your trainers are covered in muck! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x1)
- The farmer spread muck on the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x2)
- We took turns to muck out the stables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x3)
- Stop mucking about and finish your work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x4)
- I mucked up my spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x5)
- Everyone mucked in to tidy the hall after the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x6)
- Wipe the muck off the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x7)
- There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/#x8)

### Note

Informal, mostly UK and Ireland. Uncountable: «some muck». Adjective: mucky (dirty). Phrasal verbs with about/around/up/in/out each have their own meaning. Not rude, just casual.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «muck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«muck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/muck.html) on Mova free.