muck

  • 31muck — [[t]mʌk[/t]] n. 1) moist farmyard dung; manure 2) agr. a highly organic dark or black soil, often used as a manure 3) mire; mud 4) filth, dirt, or slime 5) defamatory or sullying remarks 6) Informal. a state of confusion; mess: to make a muck of… …

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  • 32muck — n. & v. n. 1 farmyard manure. 2 colloq. dirt or filth; anything disgusting. 3 colloq. an untidy state; a mess. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by up) Brit. colloq. bungle (a job). 2 (foll. by out) remove muck from. 3 make dirty. 4 manure with muck. Phrases… …

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  • 33muck — [mʌk] noun [U] I 1) informal dirt 2) solid waste from animals 3) informal something unpleasant or of no value Why do you read this muck?[/ex] II verb muck [mʌk] muck about muck in muck sth up …

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  • 34Muck — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Muck peut désigner : Muck, une île d Écosse ; Karl Muck, chef d orchestre allemand. Voir aussi Muckle Catégorie : Homonymie …

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  • 35muck — /muk/, n. 1. moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. 2. a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure. 3. mire; mud. 4. filth, dirt, or slime. 5. defamatory or sullying… …

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  • 36muck up — phrasal verb Word forms muck up : present tense I/you/we/they muck up he/she/it mucks up present participle mucking up past tense mucked up past participle mucked up informal 1) [intransitive/transitive] to not deal with something well or… …

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  • 37muck — 1. noun /mʌk/ a) Slimy mud. b) Soft or slimy manure. 2. verb /mʌk/ a) To shovel muck. We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick …

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  • 38Muck — this interesting and curious surname is of early medieval Germanic origin, and is a nickname for a small person or for someone who was particularly restless and active, derived from the Middle High German mucke , a midge, mosquito, gnat. However …

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  • 39muck — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Muck is used after these nouns: ↑cow {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Muck is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stall …

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  • 40Muck — Jemanden auf der Muck haben: ihn scharf beobachten, ihn nicht leiden können. Muck oder Mücke nennt man das Korn des Gewehrs. Parallelbildung zu: ›Auf dem Korn haben‹ und ›Im Visier haben‹, ⇨ Korn, ⇨ Visier; im 19. Jahrhundert in westdeutschen und …

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