noun · uncountable · rare

muck

гроші

грязь, слякоть, жижа

Schlamm, Matsch, Dreck, Schmiere

Slimy mud, sludgeSlimy mud, sludge.

ⓘ

/mʌk/

» Tom mucks out the stable almost every day.

Meaning

10 senses

(uncountable, usually)Slimy mud, sludge.
The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
Schlamm, Matsch, Schmiere
грязьgrjazʹ, жи́жаžíža, слякотьsljakotʹ
(uncountable, usually)Soft (or slimy) manure.
(also, figuratively, uncountable, usually)Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
What's that green muck on the floor?
Dreck, Schmutz
(uncountable, usually)Grub, slop, swill
Fraß, Saufraß, Brühe
(uncountable, usually)The pile of discarded cards.
(Scotland, slang, uncountable, usually)Heroin.
(slang, uncountable, usually)Pornography.
(slang, uncountable, usually)Semen.
(uncountable, usually)Food, especially that eaten quickly.
Does I need fur t' mek som muck fur yis two?
(derogatory, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Money.
Mist, Dung, Jauche
наво́зnavóz

More definitions

fecal matter of animals
any thick, viscous matter

Examples

18 sentences

Tom mucks out the stable almost every day.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Stop mucking about and put your shoes on.
Годі вже дурачитися, взуйся. — deniko
deHör auf herumzualbern und zieh die Schuhe an! — freddy1
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sundown · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
She pulled him out of the muck.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Littoral · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Everyone mucked in and the kitchen was abuzz.
deAlle haben mit angepackt, und bald ging es in der Küche zu wie in einem Bienenschwarm. — Manfredo
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Manfredo · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Stop mucking about and give me a hand.
ruХватит дурака валять, лучше помоги мне! — marafon
deHör auf herumzualbern, hilf mir lieber! — freddy1
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sundown · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

slimy mud:

soft manure:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

slimy mud:

anything filthy and vile, dirt:

grub, slop, swill:

soft manure:

Origin

From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old Englis

From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish møg ("dung")), from Proto-Germanic *mukį̄ (“dung; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”) (compare Welsh mign (“swamp”), Latin mūcus (“snot”), mucere (“to be moldy or musty”), Latvian mukls (“swampy”), Albanian myk (“mould”), Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, lamp wick”), Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), German Mauke (“mud fever”)), from *(s)mewg, mewk 'to slip'. More at meek.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source