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  • 11muck — [muk] n. [ME muk < or akin to ON myki, dung < IE base * meuk , slippery, viscous > MEEK, L mucus] 1. moist manure 2. black earth containing decaying matter, used as a fertilizer 3. a) mire; mud b) anything uncl …

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  • 12muck about — phrasal verb muck about or muck around Word forms muck about : present tense I/you/we/they muck about he/she/it mucks about present participle mucking about past tense mucked about past participle mucked about British informal 1) [intransitive]… …

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  • 13muck — [[t]mʌ̱k[/t]] mucks, mucking, mucked 1) N UNCOUNT Muck is dirt or some other unpleasant substance. [INFORMAL] This congealed muck was interfering with the filter and causing the flooding. 2) N UNCOUNT Muck is animal faeces. [INFORMAL] He could… …

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  • 14muck about — verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house • Syn: ↑putter, ↑mess around, ↑potter, ↑tinker, ↑monkey, ↑monkey around, ↑muck around …

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  • 15muck about — verb a) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly Stop mucking about and get on with your work! b) To do somethings with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works. Dont muck about with the …

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  • 16muck — ► NOUN 1) dirt or rubbish. 2) manure. ► VERB 1) (muck up) informal spoil. 2) (muck about/around) Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way. 3) ( …

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  • 17Muck Sticky — in Amsterdam Background information Birth name Justin M. Osburn Also known as Sticky Muc …

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  • 18Muck, Scotland — Muck Location …

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  • 19Muck Glacier — (84°39′S 177°30′E / 84.65°S 177.5°E / 84.65; 177.5) is a glacier between Campbell Cliffs and Sullivan Ridge in the Queen Maud Mountains. It flows generally northward from Husky Heights …

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  • 20muck about with something — ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround with sth derived (BrE, informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so that it does not work correctly Syn: ↑mess about …

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