I. ˈməkē, -ki adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: muck (I) + -y
1.
a. : dirty , messy , filthy
a mucky stable
b. chiefly Britain
(1) : disgusting , contemptible
a mucky way of doing things
(2) : unpleasant , disagreeable
an embarrassing and altogether mucky situation
(3) : mean , cheap , underhanded
had played a mucky trick on him — Mary Deasy
(4) : revoltingly fulsome : sticky
his mucky flattery — Samuel Butler †1902
c.
(1) : muggy , humid
mucky weather
(2) : murky , clouded
the slow mucky water of the creek
2. : consisting of, marked by, or full of muck
the mucky bottom of a pond
: miry , muddy
a mucky ditch
a mucky road
II. ˈməki, ˈmu̇ki transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
dialect England : to make dirty