What does MUCK mean?

Definitions for MUCK
mʌkmuck

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, oozenoun

    any thick, viscous matter

  2. droppings, dung, muckverb

    fecal matter of animals

  3. muckverb

    remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

  4. manure, muckverb

    spread manure, as for fertilization

  5. mire, muck, mud, muck upverb

    soil with mud, muck, or mire

    "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

Wiktionary

  1. mucknoun

    Slimy mud.

  2. mucknoun

    Soft or slimy manure.

  3. mucknoun

    dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.

    What's that green muck on the floor? It looks like an alien.

  4. muckverb

    To shovel muck.

    We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.

  5. muckverb

    To do a dirty job.

  6. muckverb

    To make an error or do a bad job.

    You really mucked up that job.

  7. muckverb

    To pass .

  8. Etymology: From mok, muk, from myki, mykr (compare Icelandic mykja), from (s)meug (compare Welsh mign, Latin mucus, mucere, Latvian mukls, Ancient Greek mýxa 'mucus, lamp wick', mýkes 'fungus'), from *(s)meug, meuk 'to slip'. More at meek.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mucknoun

    Etymology: meox , Saxon; myer, Islandick.

    Hale out thy mucke, and plow out thy ground. Thomas Tusser.

    It is usual to help the ground with muck, and likewise to recomfort with muck put to the roots; but to water it with muck water, which is like to be more forcible, is not practised. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 403.

    The swine may see the pearl, which yet he values but with the ordinary muck. Joseph Glanvill, Apology.

    There are, who
    Rich foreign mold, on their ill-natur’d land
    Induce laborious, and with fat’ning muck
    Besmear the roots. Philips.

    Morning insects that in muck begun,
    Shine, buzz and fly-blow in the setting sun. Alexander Pope.

    Reward of worldly muck doth foully blend,
    And low abase the high heroick spirit
    That joys for crowns. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    Frontless and satire-proof he scow’rs the streets,
    And runs an Indian muck at all he meets. Dryden.

    Satire’s my weapon, but I am too discreet
    To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet. Alexander Pope, Horace.

  2. To Muckverb

    To manure with muck; to dung.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Thy garden plot lately wel trenched and muckt
    Would now be twifallowed. Thomas Tusser.

Wikipedia

  1. muck

    TinyMUCK or, more broadly, a MUCK, is a type of user-extendable online text-based role-playing game, designed for role playing and social interaction. Backronyms like "Multi-User Chat/Created/Computer/Character/Carnal Kingdom" and "Multi-User Construction Kit" are sometimes cited, but are not the actual origin of the term; "muck" is simply a play on the term MUD.

ChatGPT

  1. muck

    Muck is a moist, sticky, or dirty substance that is usually unpleasant or has waste materials. This term can also refer to dirt, rubbish, or waste matter. In some context, it's also used to describe a state of confusion or chaos. Additionally, muck can refer to the process of removing dirt or waste, especially from a farm or stable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Muck

    abbreviation of Amuck

  2. Mucknoun

    dung in a moist state; manure

  3. Mucknoun

    vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps

  4. Mucknoun

    anything filthy or vile

  5. Mucknoun

    money; -- in contempt

  6. Muckadjective

    like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork

  7. Muckverb

    to manure with muck

  8. Etymology: [Icel. myki; akin to D. mg. Cf. Midden.]

Wikidata

  1. Muck

    Muck is a soil made up primarily of humus from drained swampland. It is known as black soil in The Fens of eastern England, where it was originally mainly fen and bog. It is used there, as in the United States, for growing specialty crops such as onions, carrots, celery, and potatoes. Holland Marsh, north of Toronto, Ontario, is the site of the Muck Crops Research Station, a part of the University of Guelph. Muck farming on drained bogs is an important part of agriculture in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Florida, where mostly vegetables are grown. American "muckers" often have roots from the Netherlands or Eastern Europe, where their ancestors practiced a similar type of farming. The soils are deep, dark colored, and friable, often underlain by marl, or marly clay. The muckland of Torrey Farms of Elba, New York, which covers the counties of Orleans, Niagara, and Genesee, is thought to be the largest continuous section of muckland in the world. Muck farming is controversial, because the drainage of wetlands destroys wildlife habitats and results in a variety of environmental problems. It is unlikely that any more will be created in the United States, because of environmental regulations. It is prone to problems, such as the fact that it is very light and usually windbreaks must be provided to keep it from blowing away when dry. It also can catch fire and burn underground for months. Oxidation also removes a portion of the soil each year, so it becomes progressively shallower. Some muck land has been reclaimed for wildlife preserves.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Muck

    muk, n. dung: a mass of decayed vegetable matter: anything low and filthy.—v.t. to manure with muck.—v.i. Muck′er, to make a muddle of anything, to fail.—n. a heavy fall in the mire: a coarse, dirty fellow.—ns. Muck′-heap, a dung-hill; Muck′iness; Muck′-rake, a rake for scraping filth; Muck′-sweat, profuse sweat; Muck′-worm, a worm that lives in muck: one who acquires money by mean devices: a miser.—adj. Muck′y, nasty, filthy. [Scand., Ice. myki, Dan. mög, dung.]

  2. Muck

    mistaken form of amuck.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. muck

    See AMOK.

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  1. MUCK

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MUCK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Muck is ranked #16041 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Muck surname appeared 1,808 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Muck.

    91.2% or 1,649 total occurrences were White.
    4.4% or 80 total occurrences were Black.
    1.6% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.2% or 23 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'MUCK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4742

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MUCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MUCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of MUCK in a Sentence

  1. Aldous Huxley:

    Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.

  2. Defense Secretary James Mattis:

    ( Putin) tried again to muck around in our elections this last month, and we are seeing a continued effort along those lines.

  3. Tom Kennedy:

    The uncertainty is more anxiety-inducing than anything but I think once people understand what they need to do, you just have to get on with it and adapt and do what you can to muck through.

  4. Bernie Ecclestone:

    We're looking at all these things, which would be for next year obviously, we've made a big enough muck-up to do that for this year so we must not do that again.

  5. George Lucas:

    They decided they didn’t want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing. …They weren’t that keen to have me involved anyway — but if I get in there, I’m just going to cause trouble, because they’re not going to do what I want them to do. And I don’t have the control to do that anymore, and all I would do is muck everything up.

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