muck

[US]/mʌk/
[UK]/mʌk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rubbish; fertilizer; mud
vt. make dirty; fertilize
vi. wander around; loiter

Phrases & Collocations

muck up

muck around

muckraking

muck spreader

muck pile

Example Sentences

They are mucking the apple trees.

I got there in a muck sweat.

oily muck on the floor of a garage

I'll just clean the muck off the windscreen.

muck the orchards every year

I used stable muck as a mulch for my roses.

the muck that passes for music in the pop charts.

we just muck around in training and have a laugh.

she really enjoys mucking in with the lads.

mucking around with finances and all that palaver.

Her husband went a mucker on that watch for her.

If we all muck in we'll soon finish the work.

"I don't like him, for he's as common as muck.; He's as common as dirt."

Stop mucking about and take my friendly advice.

she didn't mind forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and muck out the horses.

it's that woman, Lady Muck herself—who does she think she is?.

she had mucked up her first few weeks at college.

I've mucked up my sweater by working in the kitchen.

When they saw his enormous house and flash car they looked at each other, both thinking ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass.’

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