muck around

muck a·round

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhk uh-round]
- /mʌk əˈraʊnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhk uh-round]
- /mʌk əˈraʊnd/

Definitions of muck around words

noun muck around moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. 1
noun muck around a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure. 1
noun muck around mire; mud. 1
noun muck around filth, dirt, or slime. 1
noun muck around defamatory or sullying remarks. 1
noun muck around a state of chaos or confusion: to make a muck of things. 1

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Origin of muck around

First appearance:

before 1200

One of the 9% oldest English words

1200-50; Middle English muc, muk < Old Norse myki cow dung

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Parts of speech for Muck around

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exclamation

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muck around popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for muck around

verb muck around

trifle — an article or thing of very little value.
play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
dilly-dally — to loiter or vacillate
idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.

All 23 Synonyms of muck around

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verb muck around

labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
toil — Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.

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