muck
noun
moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
was mucking
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past progressiveof muck.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On a whim in 2014, he drove to the Lyndhurst castle, walked into the horse stables, and soon, he was mucking out stalls and saddling up the steeds before showtime.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
Caller: I was mucking about with my plaster cast and it's coming apart.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2022
In 2011 Danielle Morgan, a University of Derby student, was "mucking about" when she fell off a bed and ended up tangled in a clothes horse.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2014
I went into her room while Rafa was mucking around in the closet, and slid the box out from one of her drawers, put it snug under my arm.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 15, 2010
I took no more trouble than to turn my back on Grimalson, who was arguing that all this water was mucking the dry provisions.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
