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mucking

mucking is the present participle and gerund of muck.

Meaning of muck

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To shovel muck from.
    • We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
  2. (transitive) To manure with muck.
  3. To do a dirty job.
  4. (colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
  5. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
    • Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck.
  6. (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.

See all 19 meanings of muck

Proper noun capitalized: Mucking

Mucking

  1. A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).

Phrases with mucking

Questions about mucking

What does mucking mean?
Mucking means a hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).
What is mucking the present participle and gerund of?
Mucking is the present participle and gerund of muck.
What part of speech is mucking?
Mucking is a proper noun.

Words near mucking in the dictionary

  1. muckiest
  2. muckily
  3. muckinder
  4. muckinders
  5. muckiness
  6. mucking
  7. mucking about
  8. mucking around
  9. mucking in
  10. mucking out
  11. mucking up

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