[muck] n [ME muk, perh. fr. OE -moc; akin to ON myki dung] (13c) 1: soft moist farmyard manure
2: slimy dirt or filth
3: defamatory remarks or writings
4. a (1): dark highly organic soil (2): mire, mud b: something resembling muck: gunk
5: material removed in the process of excavating or mining -- mucky adj
[2]muck vt (14c) 1 a: to clean up; esp: to clear of manure or filth--usu. used with out b: to clear of muck
2: to dress (as soil) with muck
3: to dirty with or as if with muck: soil ~ vi 1: to move or load muck (as in a mine)
2: to engage in aimless activity--usu. used with about or around -- muck.er n