mucker
/ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/
mucker noun: a person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
Noun (1)
mucker (plural muckers)
- A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
- A low or vulgar labourer.
- A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation.
- Go and talk to your mucker!
- Too fucking late, son. I didn't want my mucker blown into tiny bits.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 246
- Friend, acquaintance.
- Fancy a pint, me old mucker?
- Synonyms:
- friend
Verb
mucker (third-person singular simple present muckers, present participle muckering, simple past and past participle muckered)
- To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
- In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe.1548, William Forrest, Pleasaunt Poesye of Princelie Practise
Noun (2) capitalized: Mucker
Mucker (plural Muckers)
Synonyms of mucker
Forms of mucker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | muckers |
| plural | Muckers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | muckers |
| present participle | muckering |
| past participle | muckered |
| past | muckered |
Origin of mucker
By surface analysis, muck + -er. Compare Swedish mokare/mockare (“one who cleans dung”, agent noun) → rörmokare/rörmockare (“plumber”, literally “pipe mucker”). Compare the military sense to Finnish mokkeri (“private”, colloquial), to Swedish mocka (“to clean muck”); and Swedish mecka/meka (“to repair or improve (mechanical) equipment”), to meckaniker (“mechanic”); also Swedish mucka (“to complete military service”), from Tavringer Romani mucka (“to be released”). The military sense might also derive from a slur, a common practice in military lingo.
From German Mucker (“grumbler”).
Words formed from mucker
Phrases with mucker
Words that rhyme with mucker
Questions about mucker
- What does mucker mean?
- Mucker means a person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
- What part of speech is mucker?
- Mucker can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mucker?
- Mucker is pronounced /ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of mucker?
- The plural of mucker is muckers.
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Source and license
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