mucking
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of mucking
Example Sentences
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The wild card in the movie, and one whose fierce devotion to mucking things up isn’t well explained, is Barry Keoghan as a motorbike-riding blond agent of chaos, Ormon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Whittaker says he first injured his teeth when he was 19 and "young and dumb" and "mucking around on the town".
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
And that means finding a problem, guessing how it can be answered or solved, and then mucking around.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024
The city connected the group with damaged homes that were in need of mucking out.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024
“I need you in Oneida, not mucking with scrap!”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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