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Synonyms: Noun
crud, dirt, filth, grime, gunk, smut, soil
Synonyms: Verb
befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of muck in a Sentence
Noun
Clean that muck off your shoes. spattered with muck from the pigpenVerb
you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Diamondbacks remain trapped in the muck and the mediocrity of the National League’s wild-card race. — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, "Diamondbacks find themselves back under .500 after messy loss to the Phillies," 5 Aug. 2019 Hardy also has managed to drag ESPN into the muck with him in this, his third fight on the cable network. — Dave Doyle, MMA Junkie, "Greg Hardy can keep winning, but we can't move on from his past just yet | Opinion," 21 July 2019 Many avoid politics to focus on their own lives, while others don’t want to get into the muck with the radical partisans. — Justin Amash, Twin Cities, "Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving my party," 10 July 2019 Many avoid politics to focus on their own lives, while others don’t want to get into the muck with the radical partisans. — Justin Amash, The Denver Post, "Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP," 5 July 2019 The cola bath and some scrubbing resulted in the removal of the muck, allowing Walters to identify it as a bridge plaque made by the Lassig Bridge and Steel Co., in Chicago. — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Magnet fishing is a slimy new hobby where people pull guns, bikes and weird stuff out of Milwaukee-area rivers, lakes and lagoons," 25 June 2019 From this muck the rest of the ecosystem sprouts, though trees typically don’t grow very tall because of the peat’s low oxygen content. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires," 29 July 2019 And then there was the version that looked like some kind of monster that had emerged from the muck, draped with vines and with yellow domes for eyes. — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, "The epic tale of the House of the Century, the trippy Texas icon that defies polite description," 12 July 2019 Behind the 94-foot-high barrier lies a massive inventory of coal-black muck — some 200 million tons of pollutants picked up over decades from farmlands, industrial zones and towns. — Davd Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com, "Intensifying downpours threaten the Chesapeake," 6 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Two weeks after fleeing, Sotolongo and her husband returned to the neighborhood, mucking through the swampy streets with waders and face masks. — Scott Dalton, CNN, "Their neighborhood was flooded to save Houston," 25 Aug. 2019 There is a manipulative preacher to muck things up, but as far as ravaged hellscapes go, this one sounds pretty sweet. — Margaret Wappler, latimes.com, "Crazy about books? These 5 L.A. book events offer inspiring stories from Los Angeles and beyond," 12 July 2019 For these classic Independence Day destinations, nothing short of exploding anvils, mucking, clogging, and frog races will do. — National Geographic, "Here’s where to spend an unforgettable 4th of July," 1 July 2019 Cheer on the young drivers (ages 9–16), then, after the town’s parade, head over to Brewery Gulch to watch traditional mining contests like mucking (shoveling broken rock into a bucket) and hard-rock drilling. — National Geographic, "Here’s where to spend an unforgettable 4th of July," 1 July 2019 Cris Tales Cris Tales puts a unique spin on JRPGs by mucking with time. — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, "Watch the biggest reveals from E3 2019's PC Gaming Show," 10 June 2019 Still, after mucking our way through a couple of rounds, the massive decision space started to feel more manageable. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, "Eight great board games we played at PAX Unplugged," 8 Dec. 2018 And the smallest unforeseen detail can muck something up at the last minute. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "On New Year’s Day, a spacecraft will zoom by the most distant object humanity has ever visited," 27 Dec. 2018 But by Saturday morning, a new team of officers was able to spot it in the muck after about 10 to 15 minutes of, well, mucking around. — Charles Passy, WSJ, "NYPD to the Rescue in Case of the Lost Engagement Ring," 2 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'muck.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.