mʌk n. & v. --n. 1
farmyard manure. 2 colloq.
dirt or
filth;
anything disgusting. 3 colloq. an
untidy state; a
mess. --v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by up)
Brit. colloq.
bungle (a job). 2 (foll. by out)
remove muck
from. 3
make dirty. 4 manure
with muck. ømake a muck of colloq. bungle. muck
about (or around) Brit. colloq. 1 potter or fool about. 2 (foll. by with) fool or
interfere with. muck in Brit. (often foll. by with) share tasks etc.
equally. muck
sweat Brit. colloq. a
profuse sweat. [ME muk prob. f. Scand.:
cf. ON myki
dung, rel. to MEEK]