muck-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhk uhp]
- /mʌk ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhk uhp]
- /mʌk ʌp/

Definitions of muck-up word

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

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Origin of muck-up

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30; noun use of verb phrase muck up

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Parts of speech for Muck-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Muck-up

muck-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.