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Originally posted by dc
You mean you have to work? Perish the thought... I never run a muck? Well I don't even know what a muck is truthfully...
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Right up Nina's alley
muck /mʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[muhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
2. a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure.
3. mire; mud.
4. filth, dirt, or slime.
5. defamatory or sullying remarks.
6. a state of chaos or confusion: to make a muck of things.
7. Chiefly British Informal. something of no value; trash.
8. (esp. in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought.
–verb (used with object) 9. to manure.
10. to make dirty; soil.
11. to remove muck from (sometimes fol. by out).
12. Informal. a. to ruin; bungle (often fol. by up).
b. to put into a state of complete confusion (often fol. by up).
—Verb phrase13. muck about or around, Informal. to idle; waste time; loiter.