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de-muck

de-muck verb: to remove muck or dirt from.

Verb

de-muck (third-person singular simple present de-mucks, present participle de-mucking, simple past and past participle de-mucked)

  1. To remove muck or dirt from.
    • Fill, grading, removing boulders, de-mucking and any other preparation needed on the site can be a nightmare of costs.1990, Kay Whitehouse, Site Selection: Finding and Developing Your Best Location, Liberty House, →ISBN, page 97
    • Our squirrel.1994, Abby Frucht, Licorice, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 142

Forms of de-muck

third-person singular presentde-mucks
present participlede-mucking
past participlede-mucked
pastde-mucked

Origin of de-muck

From de- + muck.

Questions about de-muck

What does de-muck mean?
De-muck means to remove muck or dirt from.
What part of speech is de-muck?
De-muck is a verb.
What is the past tense of de-muck?
The past tense of de-muck is de-mucked.

Words near de-muck in the dictionary

  1. de-kulakized
  2. de-kulakizes
  3. de-kulakizing
  4. de-lovely
  5. de-Maoization
  6. de-muck
  7. de-mucked
  8. de-mucking
  9. de-mucks
  10. de-Muslimise
  11. de-Muslimize

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