(of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
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
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 "
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
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