muck as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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muck
noun
1 muck
Any thick, viscous matter.
synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludge.
Roget 653:
uncleanness
etc.
adj.;
impurity;
immundity†,
immundicity†;
impurity
etc.
961
[of mind].
defilement,
contamination
etc.
v.;
defoedation†;
soilure†,
soiliness†;
abomination;
leaven;
taint,
tainture†;
fetor
etc.
401†.
decay;
putrescence,
putrefaction;
corruption;
mold,
must,
mildew,
dry rot,
mucor,
rubigo†.
slovenry†;
slovenliness
etc.
adj.;
squalor.
dowdy,
drab,
slut,
malkin†,
slattern,
sloven,
slammerkin†,
slammock†,
slummock†,
scrub,
draggle-tail,
mudlark†,
dust-man,
sweep;
beast.
dirt,
filth,
soil,
slop;
dust,
cobweb,
flue;
smoke,
soot,
smudge,
smut,
grit,
grime,
raff†;
sossle†,
sozzle†.
sordes†,
dregs,
grounds,
lees;
argol†;
sediment,
settlement heeltap†;
dross,
drossiness†;
mother†,
precipitate,
scoriae,
ashes,
cinders.
recrement†,
slag;
scum,
froth.
hogwash;
ditchwater†,
dishwater,
bilgewater†;
rinsings,
cheeseparings;
sweepings
etc.
(useless refuse)
645;
offscourings†,
outscourings†;
off scum;
caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum,
sprue,
fecula [Lat.],
clinker,
draff†;
scurf,
scurfiness†;
exuviae [Lat.],
morphea;
fur,
furfur†;
dandruff,
tartar.
riffraff;
vermin,
louse,
flea,
bug,
chinch†.
mud,
mire,
quagmire,
alluvium,
silt,
sludge,
slime,
slush,
slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn,
offal,
gurry [U.S.];
lientery†;
garbage,
carrion;
excreta
etc.
299;
slough,
peccant humor,
pus,
matter,
suppuration,
lienteria†;
faeces,
feces,
excrement,
ordure,
dung,
crap [Vulg.],
shit [Vulg.];
sewage,
sewerage;
muck;
coprolite;
guano,
manure,
compost.
dunghill,
colluvies†,
mixen†,
midden,
bog,
laystall†,
sink,
privy,
jakes;
toilet,
john,
head;
cess†,
cesspool;
sump,
sough,
cloaca,
latrines,
drain,
sewer,
common sewer;
Cloacina;
dust hole.
sty,
pigsty,
lair,
den,
Augean stable†,
sink of corruption;
slum,
rookery.
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Dutch: smurrie, spleetoog, brij, slijm, stroperigheid, blubber
2 muck
Fecal matter of animals.
synonyms: droppings, dung.
Dutch: aal, aalt, bout, dreutel, drol, druk, gier, hoop, hoopje, mestgier
Polish: bobek
verb
1 muck
Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine.
2 muck
Spread manure, as for fertilization.
synonym: manure.
Dutch: cultiveren, bemesten, mesten
3 muck
Soil with mud, muck, or mire:
— The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden.
synonyms: mire, muck up, mud.
Moby thesaurus: amble, ammonia, begrime, bemire, bemud, besmoke, bilge, bitch up, blow, blunder, bobble, bollix, botch, bugger up, bungle, carrion, castor-bean meal, clay, commercial fertilizer, compost, corruption, dandruff, debris, decay, destroy, dirt, dirty, dirty up, dressing, drift, droppings, dung, dust, enrichener, entangle, excrement, feculence, fertilizer, filth, fool around, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, garbage, glop, goo, gook, goop, grime, grind, grub, guano, gum up, gumbo, gunk, idle, junk, linger, litter, loiter, louse up, manure, mess, mess around, mess up, mire, mope, mosey, muck up, mucker, mucky, mucus, mud, muddle, muddy, murk, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, obscenity, offal, ooze, ordure, organic fertilizer, perplex, phosphate, plod, pus, putrid matter, ravel, rot, rubbish, ruin, screw up, scum, scurf, scuz, sewage, slab, slave, slime, slip, slob, slog, slop, slosh, sludge, slum, slush, smirch, smoke, smooch, smudge, smut, snarl, snot, soot, sordes, splosh, squash, stroll, superphosphate, swill, tangle, toil, trash, waste, waste time, wreck ... show more.
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