muck
To shovel muck fromTo shovel muck from.
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» Tom mucks out the stable almost every day.
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6 senses(transitive)To shovel muck from.
We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
ausmisten
выгребатьvygrebatʹ
soil with mud, muck, or mire
(transitive)To manure with muck.
spread manure, as for fertilization
To do a dirty job.
(colloquial)To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
(Australia, informal, intransitive)To vomit.
Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck.
(Canada, slang)To eat; to devour or guzzle.
Examples
18 sentencesTom mucks out the stable almost every day.
Stop mucking about and put your shoes on.
Годі вже дурачитися, взуйся. — deniko
deHör auf herumzualbern und zieh die Schuhe an! — freddy1
She pulled him out of the muck.
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
Stop mucking about and give me a hand.
ruХватит дурака валять, лучше помоги мне! — marafon
deHör auf herumzualbern, hilf mir lieber! — freddy1
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old EnglisFrom 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.
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Forms
mucks, mucking, mucked, muckedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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