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- US Pronunciation
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- [muhk-ing]
- /ˈmʌk ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muhk-ing]
- /ˈmʌk ɪŋ/
Definitions of mucking word
- noun mucking moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. 1
- noun mucking a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure. 1
- noun mucking mire; mud. 1
- noun mucking filth, dirt, or slime. 1
- noun mucking defamatory or sullying remarks. 1
- noun mucking a state of chaos or confusion: to make a muck of things. 1
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Origin of mucking
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; muck + -ing2
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Parts of speech for Mucking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mucking popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mucking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mucking
verb mucking
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- dance — If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- flit — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
Antonyms for mucking
verb mucking
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
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