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# mucky

adjective (mucky, muckier, muckiest)

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

## Everyday

1. (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Dirty, muddy or messy: mucky hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#m1)
2. (informal) Rude in a slightly naughty way: a mucky joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#m2)
3. (informal) About weather: wet, grey and unpleasant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#m3)

### In the lessons

Common in British, Irish and Australian family talk: «Wash your mucky hands!». It is casual and friendly, not rude itself. In stories, a «mucky pup» is a messy child. Phrases: mucky pup, mucky boots, a mucky day.

### Examples

- Take off your mucky boots before you come in! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x1)
- Your face is all mucky from the chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x2)
- You mucky pup, look at your clothes! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x3)
- It's a mucky old day; let's stay inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x4)
- The dog came back from the field really mucky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x5)
- He told a mucky joke and Mum frowned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x6)
- My hands are muckier than yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mucky/#x7)

### Note

Informal; in formal writing use «dirty» or «muddy». From «muck» (dirt, manure). Comparative: muckier, muckiest. Related: muck about/around (UK: mess around).

## On Mova

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