mucks

Fouls things up

Mucks is the third-person singular of muck, meaning to dirty or spread manure: He mucks the stables every morning.

To muck around or muck about is to waste time or behave foolishly.

To muck up is to bungle: She mucks up every assignment.

To muck in (British) is to pitch in and help with shared work.

dirt

mud

Wet soil mixture

  • grimeIngrained surface dirt
  • filthFoul, accumulated matter
  • mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain

sludge · ooze · slop · gunk · slime · sediment · dregs · residue · manure · dung

mess

disorder

Absence of organization

shambles · chaos · untidiness · slovenliness · pigsty · dump · squalor · wreckage · debris · rubbish

farm

barnyard

Farm's animal enclosure

pasture · stalls · bedding · hay · fodder · cattle · horses · pigs · poultry · husbandry

mining

ore

Metal-bearing rock

digging · extraction · spoil · overburden · quarry · slag · rubble · gravel · dredging · tunneling

tamper

meddle

Interfere without invitation

  • interfereObstruct or meddle uninvited
  • tinkerMender of metal household wares
  • fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin

bungle · botch · fumble · mishandle · spoil · ruin · wreck · sabotage · foul up · screw up

Categories
Opposites
cleanliness/dirtying

muckscleans

Removes dirt from

tidies · cleanses · purifies · scrubs · washes

competence/handling

mucksfixes

Repairs or solutions

repairs · nails · aces · perfects · masters

Phrases
Family

muck, mucky, mucking, mucked, mucker, muckiness, muckers

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