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
I think he royally mucked up this whole process, starting with his ill-considered promise back in March 2021 to appoint a Black woman to replace Feinstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Matty Beniers and Jaden Schwartz mucked the puck out of a cluster of bodies along the boards and Beniers tapped it to Dunn, who extended his league-best, personal-best and franchise-best point streak to 12 games.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
Other times he ran messages, stood at guard, mucked out stables, fletched arrows, assisted Maester Aemon with his birds or Bowen Marsh with his counts and inventories.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
