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mucking out

mucking out is the present participle and gerund of muck out.

Meaning of muck out

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.

Questions about mucking out

What is mucking out the present participle and gerund of?
Mucking out is the present participle and gerund of muck out.

Words near mucking out in the dictionary

  1. muckiness
  2. mucking
  3. mucking about
  4. mucking around
  5. mucking in
  6. mucking out
  7. mucking up
  8. muckinger
  9. muckingers
  10. muckite
  11. muckiter

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