MUCK


Meaning of MUCK in English

/muk/ , n.

1. moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.

2. a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure.

3. mire; mud.

4. filth, dirt, or slime.

5. defamatory or sullying remarks.

6. a state of chaos or confusion: to make a muck of things.

7. Chiefly Brit. Informal. something of no value; trash.

8. (esp. in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought.

v.t.

9. to manure.

10. to make dirty; soil.

11. to remove muck from (sometimes fol. by out ).

12. Informal.

a. to ruin; bungle (often fol. by up ).

b. to put into a state of complete confusion (often fol. by up ).

13. muck about or around , Informal. to idle; waste time; loiter.

[ 1200-50; ME muc, muk myki cow dung ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .