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
It's a very good copy, which has not been mucked about.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
These shows are much more vital when the cast stops fighting or toiling in the same drama they’ve been mucked in for years.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
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
We mucked through the woods and across the field.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
