MUCK

[noun] [U] - animal excrement, esp. used as fertilizer to make plants grow well, or (informal) dirt or waste matterThere were piles of dog/dog's muck all over the path.When the farmers spread muck on their fields you can smell it for miles.I use stable muck as a mulch for my roses.There was a large muck heap in the corner of the yard.(informal) You're treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes!(informal) There's greasy muck all over the front of the bike.(informal) Nuclear power's biggest problem is toxic muck.The immigrants were treated like muck (= treated as if they were not important).Muck also means something of very bad quality, for example a book, a TV show or food.You're not watching that muck again are you?I'm not eating that muck!(UK) 'Where there's muck there's brass' means that a lot of money can be made by someone from a business activity which other people find dirty or unpleasant.(disapproving) Muck-raking is the activity, esp. of newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information about people or organizations in order to make it public.There was so much muck-raking about his family life and previous business activities that he decided not to stand for election.A muck-raking documentary exposed her past relationships with famous people.At the very least these so-called muck-rakers have exposed the dark side of society, such as worsening corruption and political favours.