muck

1. 1.

   any thick, viscous matter

   Synonymssludgeslimegoogoopgookguckgunkooze

   Broadermatter

   Narrowersapropel
2. 2.

   fecal matter of animals

   Synonymsdroppingsdung

   Broaderfecal matter

   Narrowerchipcoprolitepigeon droppingscow pie

Other forms of muck

plural

mucks·

past tense

mucked·

present participle

mucking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about muck

What does muck mean?

muck means "remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in muck?

muck has 1 syllable: muck. In IPA it is /ˈmʌk/.

What is another word for muck?

Close synonyms include manure, mire, mud, muck up, sludge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muck a common word?

muck is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with muck?

2 words rhyme with muck. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.