muck
noun
moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
mucked
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past participleof muck.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof muck.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mucknounmoist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
Example Sentences
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As she tells it, she was depicting a fantasy, and people didn’t need their fantasies mucked up by seeing the whole truth.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
He said he believed that Shakespeare purists would love the adaption, adding that "we haven't mucked around" with the original text, but had added "all these different flavours and textures".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Even if significant debris flows don’t happen, roads could be mucked with mud, “and there will probably be a lot of road closures in and around those burn scars,” Kittell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
“The assumption is that the new tissue, whatever you put in there, is going to heal slower because the environment has already been kind of mucked around with,” Altchek said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Brits must say mucked up instead of messed up.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
