Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 52 compound words that contain muck. The most common are listed below. Open muck in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- muck aboutTo do random unplanned work or spend time idly
- muck spreaderA piece of farm machinery, usually towed behind a tractor, used to spray liquified manure on fields.
- common as muckVery common (in various senses).
- muck outTo clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.
- muck tubeA tube for the removal of mud and rock debris out to the surface of a caisson.
- muck upTo ruin unintentionally.
- muck-up dayThe final day of the senior school year, when departing pupils sometimes play pranks.
- running a muckpresent participle and gerund of run a muck
- Lady MuckAn appellation given to a woman who behaves in a perceived aristocratic manner.
- Lord MuckAn appellation given to a man who behaves in a perceived aristocratic manner.
- de-muckTo remove muck or dirt from.
- muck and bulletsGruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.
- muck-a-muckAlternative form of muckamuck: A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.
- high muckety-muckSynonym of high muckamuck: A person in a position of power, authority, or status.
- muckety muckA high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status.
- muckity-muckUncommon spelling of muckety muck.
- foreign muckForeign food.
- muck aroundTo muck about.
- muck sweatA condition of heavy sweating.
- muck tubesplural of muck tube: A tube for the removal of mud and rock debris out to the surface of a caisson.
- muck-luckAlternative form of mukluk: A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
- muck-upsplural of muck-up: To ruin unintentionally.
- muck sweatsplural of muck sweat: A condition of heavy sweating.
- muck-a-luckAlternative form of mukluk: A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
- muck-up daysplural of muck-up day: The final day of the senior school year, when departing pupils sometimes play pranks.
Compound words 52
- muckrakerOne who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
- guckThe hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck.
- muckrakeA rake for scraping up dung.
- mucklandLand whose soil is primarily composed of humus from drained swampland, used for growing certain crops such as onions and carrots.
- muckwormA larva living in mud or manure.
- cinemuckA sticky coating on the floor of a movie theatre caused by spilled beverages and dropped snack items.
- muckheapdunghill; dung heap
- muckhilldunghill; dung heap
- muckiteA resin found in cretaceous lignite in Moravia.
- muckspreadingThe fertilization of agricultural land by spreading manure over it.