muck
noun
moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
mucks
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present tense formof muck (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The film "mucks up Orwell", according to the Wall Street Journal,, external who surmised: "As comedy, the movie is feeble, and as allegory for the socioeconomically literate it is heavy-handed."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He picks up a hose and washes down his horse, mucks his own stall, spreads fresh bedding, while the rest of his team, his wife, walks their 2-year-old filly around the shedrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
It’s almost as if they are on security detail, making sure nobody mucks up their treasured characters and stories, which is perfectly understandable.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2018
Even though tennis industry officials and country club muckety mucks wrote dress codes that outlawed shorts, many women refused to adhere to the rules and continued showing up to play wearing them.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2018
The same may be said of the combined water in the clay that is mixed with some mucks, which is only expelled at a high temperature.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson
