Category:Muck

Muck

Defn:, abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.

muck Muck, n. Etym: [Icel. myki; akin to D. mög. Cf. Midden.]

1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.

2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.

3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.

4. Money; -- in contempt. The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl. Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. -- Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.

muck Muck, a.

Defn: Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.

muck Muck, v. t.

Defn: To manure with muck.