to muck out
21muck-rake — muckˈ rake noun A rake for manure intransitive verb To seek out and expose scandals or supposed scandals, whether for worthy or unworthy motives • • • Main Entry: ↑muck …
22muck up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …
23muck — noun 1》 dirt or mud. ↘informal something unpleasant or worthless. 2》 manure. verb 1》 (muck something up) informal spoil something. ↘(muck about/around with something) spoil something by interfering with it. 2》 (muck something out) chiefly …
24muck — I. noun Etymology: Middle English muk, perhaps from Old English moc; akin to Old Norse myki dung Date: 13th century 1. soft moist farmyard manure 2. slimy dirt or filth 3. a. defamatory remarks or writings b. rubbish, nonsense < mindless …
25muck — [[t]mʌk[/t]] n. 1) moist farmyard dung; manure 2) agr. a highly organic dark or black soil, often used as a manure 3) mire; mud 4) filth, dirt, or slime 5) defamatory or sullying remarks 6) Informal. a state of confusion; mess: to make a muck of… …
26muck — n. & v. n. 1 farmyard manure. 2 colloq. dirt or filth; anything disgusting. 3 colloq. an untidy state; a mess. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by up) Brit. colloq. bungle (a job). 2 (foll. by out) remove muck from. 3 make dirty. 4 manure with muck. Phrases… …
27muck — /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… …
28muck up — PHRASAL VERB If you muck up or muck something up, you do something very badly so that you fail to achieve what you wanted to. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P] I mucked up at the 13th hole and told myself that this was getting stupid... [V P n (not… …
29muck something out — chiefly Brit. remove manure and other dirt from a stable etc. → muck …
30muck — mÊŒk n. manure; compost; dirt; mire, mud v. dirty, make filthy, muddy; fertilize, spread with manure; clean out the mud or filth (i.e. from a barn, mine, etc.) …
