Definition of muck-a-muck in English English dictionary
- Lady Muck
- An appellation given to a woman who behaves in a perceived aristocratic manner
- Lord Muck
- An appellation given to a man who behaves in a perceived aristocratic manner
- de-muck
- To remove muck or dirt from
Joe would be careful to skin it over the sink, then lay it flat on its pelt to drain it, behead it, de-paw it, de-muck it.
- muck
- To shovel muck
We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
- muck
- To make an error or do a bad job
You really mucked up that job.
- muck
- Soft or slimy manure
- muck
- To pass (give one's cards back to the dealer)
- muck
- Slimy mud
- muck
- To do a dirty job
- muck about
- To do somethings with a piece of equipment when you do not understand how it works
Don't muck about with the video machine, or you might break it.
- muck about
- To do random unplanned work or spend time idly
Stop mucking about and get on with your work!.
- muck about
- To be playful; full of fun and high spirits
It was only a joke. We were only mucking about.
- muck around
- Means the same as muck about
- muck out
- To clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel
Could you muck out Toby's stable, please?.
- muck spreader
- A piece of farm machinery, usually towed behind a tractor, used to spray liquified manure on fields
- muck spreaders
- plural form of muck spreader
- muck up
- To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others
It's the last day of school and everyone is mucking up.
- muck up
- To ruin unintentionally
The terrorists have really mucked up our holiday plans.
- muckety muck
- A person in a position of power, authority, or status
There were a bunch of muckety-mucks in town for the board meeting.
- muckety-muck
- Alternative spelling of muckety muck
- muck
- {n} dung for manure, dirt any filthy thing
- muck
- {v} to manure with muck, dung, daub
- muck out
- Muck sth. out: Clean the place where a farm animal lives. "You have to muck out the stables every day in the winter."
- muck pile
- (Mining) Muck that has been placed in a spoil area
- muck pile
- (Construction) The broken material at the face of a tunnel being bored, after being crushed by blasting
- high-muck-a-muck
- {i} (Slang) muckamuck, important and domineering arrogant person with much influence, high muckamuck
- high-muck-a-muck
- an arrogant or conceited person of importance
- make a muck of
- screw up, make a mess of, confuse; make dirty, soil
- muck
- abbreviation of Amuck
- muck
- {f} dirty, make filthy, muddy; fertilize, spread with manure; clean out the mud or filth (i.e. from a barn, mine, etc.)
- muck
- Anything filthy or vile
- muck
- {i} manure; compost; dirt; mire, mud
- muck
- Muck is dirt or some other unpleasant substance. This congealed muck was interfering with the filter
- muck
- The act of throwing your cards away because you cannot or did not win the pot They are ineligible to win the pot if they are mucked
- muck
- The act of throwing your cards away because you cannot or did not win the pot They are ineligible to win the pot if they are mucked Back to Top
- muck
- The very soft, slimy silt or organic silt frequently found on lake or river bottoms
- muck
- As a noun, this refers to the pile of folded cards and discarded cards As a verb, at showdown time, the act of returning a losing hand to the dealer face-down
- muck
- Highly decomposed organic material formed under conditions of waterlogging It contains few recognizable remains of the original plants
- muck
- To manure with muck
- muck
- any thick messy substance
- muck
- The pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer Example: "His hand hit the muck so the dealer ruled it folded even though the guy wanted to get his cards back " Also used as a verb - "He didn't have any outs so he mucked his hand "
- muck
- Highly decomposed organic material in which the original plant parts are not recognizable
- muck
- Dark, finely divided, well decomposed organic soil material (See Sapric soil material )
- muck
- The debris left after blasting hard rock The miner who shoveled this ore-bearing material into a car or chute was known as a mucker
- muck
- Dung in a moist state; manure
- muck
- dung, manure
- muck
- To discard or throw away your hand It's also a pile of cards that are no longer in play
- muck
- Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork
- muck
- a highly decomposed layer of organic material in an organic soil (Buckman and Brady 1966)
- muck
- Money; in contempt
- muck
- fecal matter of animals
- muck
- Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps
- muck
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- muck
- The pile of discarded cards in front of the dealer, or the act of putting cards in this pile (and therefore taking them out of play) The house rule is that as soon as the cards touch the muck, they are ineligible to win the pot
- muck
- a system that players connect to via the internet for the purpose of role-playing and just chatting with old friends and new
- muck
- Organic soil material in which the original plant parts are not recognizable Contains more mineral matter and is usually darker in color than peat See also muck soil, peat, peat soil, and sapric material
- muck
- soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
- muck
- spread manure, as for fertilization
- muck about
- wander aimlessly, loiter
- muck about
- putter: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- muck around
- do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
- muck around
- If you muck around or muck about, you behave in a childish or silly way, often so that you waste your time and fail to achieve anything. We do not want people of his age mucking around risking people's lives He'd spent his boyhood summers mucking about in boats = mess about
- muck around
- If you muck someone around or muck them about, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them or by continually changing plans which affect them. He does not tolerate anyone who mucks him about. = mess about
- muck around
- If you muck around with or muck about with something, you alter it, often making it worse than it was. The president's wife doesn't muck around with policy or sit in on Cabinet meetings. = mess around
- muck in
- If someone mucks in, they join in with an activity or help other people with a job and do not consider themselves to be too important to do it. Course residents are expected to muck in and be prepared to share rooms She mucked in with the chores and did her own washing and ironing
- muck out
- clean out the mud or filth (i.e. from a barn, mine, etc.)
- muck rake
- See Muckrake, v
- muck rake
- below
- muck rake
- A rake for scraping up muck or dung
- muck up
- If you muck up or muck something up, you do something very badly so that you fail to achieve what you wanted to. I mucked up at the 13th hole and told myself that this was getting stupid Scientists should figure out how to keep the natural world from mucking up the affairs of people. = mess up
- muck up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- muck up
- soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
- muck up
- {f} mess up; make dirty
- muck-raking
- disapproval If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure. The Prime Minister accused opposition leaders of muck-raking