noun
muck
muhk
noun
1
Wet, sticky dirt, mud, or manure.
"The farmyard was covered in muck after the rain."
"He tracked muck all over the kitchen floor."
verb
1
To clean out dirt or manure, especially from a stable (often "muck out").
"It's her turn to muck out the horse stalls this morning."
"They spent the afternoon mucking out the barn."
2
In card games, to discard a hand face-down without showing it.
"He mucked his cards rather than reveal the bluff."
"The dealer swept the mucked hand into the pile."
How to Use Muck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWet dirt or manure — or, as a verb, to clean it out (or to discard cards face-down in poker).
Common pairings
muck out the stable
covered in muck
muck about
Word Forms
mucked past tense, mucks plural, Mucks plural, MUCKs plural, mucks singular
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Etymology
From Middle English mok/muk, borrowed from Old Norse myki ("dung"), related to the idea of something slick or slippery.