mucky

[ muhk-ee ]

/ ˈmʌk i /

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adjective, muck·i·er, muck·i·est.

of or like muck.

filthy, dirty, or slimy.

British Informal.

obscene: a mucky story.
nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick.
(of weather) oppressively humid.

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Origin of mucky

First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y¹

Words nearby mucky

muckrakers, mucksweat, muck-up, muck-up day, muckworm, mucky, muckymuck, mucluc, muco-, mucoid, mucolytic

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How to use mucky in a sentence

It’s a mucky mudflat that’s surrounded by apartment complexes and the adjacent Campland RV park.
Morning Report: Mission Bay’s Million-Dollar Mud|Voice of San Diego|October 27, 2021|Voice of San Diego
The insect likely fell into one of the ancient lakes that covered this region and sank into the soft, mucky bottom.
Feast your eyes on this 50-million-year-old assassin bug and its exquisite genitalia|Kate Baggaley|January 20, 2021|Popular-Science
The terrain is mucky, and the pickings are slim; patience and boredom are a part of the hunt.
How to Catch a Giant Python|Catharine Skipp|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When I seen she had it figgered out I was in a quest fur some high-mucky-muck fur a dad, I didn't tell her no different.
Danny's Own Story|Don Marquis

But Grundy's covered it all up and hidden it and put mucky shades and covers over it until he's forgotten it.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells
Anyway, not mucky stories about a handsome stranger coming along just because a girl's car busts down.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson
Trees, for the orchard, should never be grown upon a mucky or peaty soil.
American Pomology|J. A. Warder
The air was nauseous with the dank mucky odour that cooked out of the mangrove swamp.
Jerry of the Islands|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for mucky

mucky

/ (ˈmʌkɪ) /

adjective muckier or muckiest

dirty

of or like muck

Derived forms of mucky

muckily, adverbmuckiness, noun

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mucky

Origin of mucky

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