muck en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mʊk/ Northern England, Ottawa Valley Dialect
- (US) audio
- /mʌk/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Slimy mud, sludge.
I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
- (uncountable, usually) Soft (or slimy) manure.
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(also, figuratively, uncountable, usually) Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
"I am so happy to be away from all the muck," she [Melinda French Gates] said, adding elsewhere in the interview: "Whatever questions remain there of what - I can't even begin to know all of it - those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband.
2026 February 25, Ben Hatton, quoting Melinda French Gates, “Bill Gates 'took responsibility' over Epstein ties in staff meeting, foundation says”, in BBC:What's that green muck on the floor?
- (uncountable, usually) Grub, slop, swill
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(derogatory, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Money.
the fatal muck we quarrell'd for
c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Sea-Voyage. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
- (uncountable, usually) The pile of discarded cards.
- (Scotland, slang, uncountable, usually) Heroin.
- (slang, uncountable, usually) Pornography.
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(slang, uncountable, usually) Semen.
Ah blurt oot ma muck n pull oot.
1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 219:
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(qualifier:Ottawa Valley Dialect, uncountable, usually) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
Does I need fur t' mek som muck fur yis two?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mucks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
H · yenom · flizz · smackeroonies · cream · bread and honey · cumload · whiteboy · girl juice · sugar · man milk · blunt · spunk · paper · mad milk · scratch · henry · moola · diamorphine · baby batter · scum · currency · cum · cumshot · cheese · finances · flow · jism · jizz · dog food · brown · brass · means · clams · gravy · funding · cock snot · scrilla · dough · ron · knuckle children · splooge · diacetylmorphine · fuckjuice · man juice · come · wampum · smackeroos · spooge · gruel · oof · bones · dick milk · spondulicks · dinero · dick juice · scag · swag · bread · funds · spoof · mud · lovely jubbly · seed · cake · Bugs Bunny · baby gravy · sperm · shrapnel · cream · ackers · skeet · feds · mozzarella · simoleons · load · smackers · mazuma · bujj · yam yam · sprog · balljuice · coin · junk · rhino · brown sugar · fedi · Big H · love juice · love custard · dick snot · muck · boy juice · boy · spider · ejaculate · jack · muck · white pee · white lady · legal tender · gwop · spurt · gwolla · lolly · ooftish · creme · tender · milk · wonga · snot · dosh · jissom · bees and honey · wad · money · cock juice · spend · horse · heroin · ching · smack · dugee · slime · seminal fluid · muck · cumwad · dope · cheddar
Translations (71)
cs maglajz (slimy mud) · de Dreck (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · it porcheria (slimy mud) · bg мръсотия (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · fi lieju (slimy mud) · ota چامور (slimy mud) · ja 腐葉土 (soft manure) · bg оборски тор (soft manure) · ja 腐植土 (soft manure) · az qığ (soft manure) · eo malpuraĵo (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · ja 堆肥 (soft manure) · ru жи́жа (slimy mud) · ga clábar (slimy mud) · enm muk (soft manure) · de Schmuddel (slimy mud) · ja 泥 (slimy mud) · cs hnus (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · ru наво́з (soft manure) · eo koto (slimy mud) · ja 黒泥土 (slimy mud) · cs svinstvo (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · ru грязь (slimy mud) · hi कीचड़ (slimy mud) · eo ŝlimo (slimy mud) · ota پیسلك (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · enm muk (slimy mud) · de Matsch (slimy mud) · de Schlangenfraß (grub, slop, swill) · ja 汚物 (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · bg помия (grub, slop, swill) · sv smörja (slimy mud) · de Schmiere (slimy mud) · de Saufraß (grub, slop, swill) · ca fems (soft manure) · ko 두엄 (slimy mud) · de Dung (soft manure) · cs sajrajt (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · tl maputik (slimy mud) · es estiércol (soft manure) · it letame (soft manure) · de Brühe (grub, slop, swill) · cs sajrajt (slimy mud) · fr fumier (soft manure) · ca brutícia (slimy mud) · ru слякоть (slimy mud) · de Mist (soft manure) · fr gadoue (slimy mud) · de Siff (slimy mud) · de Schmadder (slimy mud) · tl tae (soft manure) · fi muta (slimy mud) · de Pampe (grub, slop, swill) · es mugre (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · de Pamps (grub, slop, swill) · sv smörja (anything filthy and vile, dirt) · it sporcizia (slimy mud) · ca porqueria (slimy mud) · de Fraß (grub, slop, swill) · cs hnůj (soft manure) · de Jauche (soft manure) · ota كوبره (soft manure) · de Schlamm (slimy mud) · cs mrva (soft manure) · mi ōi (slimy mud) · de Gesöff (grub, slop, swill) · cs bláto (slimy mud) · es porquería (slimy mud) · de Pampf (grub, slop, swill) · fr boue (slimy mud) · de Schmutz (anything filthy and vile, dirt)