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muck out

muck out verb: to clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.
    • Could you muck out Toby's stable, please?
  2. (dated, transitive) To financially ruin a gambler; to win against a gambler; to clean out a gambler.

Forms of muck out

third-person singular presentmucks out
present participlemucking out
past participlemucked out
pastmucked out

Questions about muck out

What does muck out mean?
Muck out means to clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.
What part of speech is muck out?
Muck out is a verb.
What is the past tense of muck out?
The past tense of muck out is mucked out.

Words near muck out in the dictionary

  1. muck and bullets
  2. muck around
  3. muck flies
  4. muck fly
  5. muck in
  6. muck out
  7. muck spreader
  8. muck spreaders
  9. muck sweat
  10. muck sweats
  11. muck tube

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