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mucking up

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

Meaning of muck up

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To ruin unintentionally.
    • The terrorists have really mucked up our holiday plans.
  2. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.
    • It's the last day of school and everyone is mucking up.

Questions about mucking up

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

Words near mucking up in the dictionary

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

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