- waste matter from farm animals synonym manure
- to spread muck on the fields
- The tractors are out spreading muck.
- (informal, especially British English) dirt or mud
- Can you wipe the muck off the windows?
- My face and hands were covered in muck.
- (informal, especially British English) something very unpleasant
- I can't eat this muck!
Word OriginMiddle English muk, probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Old Norse myki ‘dung’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘soft’, shared by meek.
Idioms
See muck in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywhere there’s muck there’s brass
- (British English, saying) used to say that a business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money
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