muck
noun
moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
had been mucking
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past perfect progressiveof muck.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Apparently this poor creature had been mucking around on the bottom of Long Island Sound and had somehow gotten itself tangled in the net of this sunken fishing boat.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Tommy, who had been mucking about on the wall with Rodney, suddenly jumped down and went still.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
