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muck

UK
/mʌk/
US
/mʌk/

Translations

mucknoun
mucks
pl
The children got muck all over their shoes while playing in the swamp.
Les enfants avaient de la boue partout sur leurs chaussures en jouant dans le marais.
The gardener added muck to the compost to enrich it.
Le jardinier a ajouté du fumier au compost pour l’enrichir.
déblaisSurtout dans le contexte minier ou des excavations.
After blasting, the crew hauled the muck out of the tunnel.
Après le tir, l’équipe a évacué les déblais hors du tunnel.
Additional translations
conneriesFamilier.
Synonyms
dirt
filth
mud
sludge
mess
gunk
grime
squalor
muckverb
mucked
Past Simple
mucked
Past Participle
mucking
Gerund
UK
/mʌk/
US
/mʌk/
curerSurtout pour enlever le fumier ou la saleté d’une étable.
Every morning, she would muck the stables to keep them clean for the horses.
Chaque matin, elle curait l’écurie pour la garder propre pour les chevaux.
Synonyms
stain
smear
soil
dirty
sully
muckadjective
UK
/mʌk/
US
/mʌk/
Used attributively before a noun to denote suitability for dirty conditions or relation to manure, e.g., "muck boots".
He wore his old muck boots to wade through the soggy field.
Il portait ses vieilles bottes boueuses pour traverser le champ détrempé.
Synonyms
mucky
muddy
dirty
filthy
soiled
grimy
slimy
messy
mud-spattered
sullied

Definitions

mucknoun
Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.
The farmer spread muck over the fields to fertilize the soil.
Farmyard manure, widely used as fertilizer.
The gardener added muck to the compost to enrich it.
A sticky or slimy substance.
The children got muck all over their shoes while playing in the swamp.
Something considered worthless, distasteful, or contemptible; nonsense.
The report was dismissed as a load of muck.
Broken rock, earth, or waste material removed from a mine or excavation.
After blasting, the crew hauled the muck out of the tunnel.
muckverb
To clean manure or dirt from a place, especially a stable or barn.
Every morning, she would muck the stables to keep them clean for the horses.
To bungle or spoil something; usually used with the particle “up”.
Try not to muck up the cake by opening the oven too early.
To behave in an idle, playful, or aimless way; usually used with the particle “about” or “around”.
The kids were mucking about in the yard all afternoon.
muckadjective
Relating to or designed for dirty or boggy conditions; filthy.
He wore his old muck boots to wade through the soggy field.
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