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mucks up

mucks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 mucks up

What is mucks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mucks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of muck up.

Words near mucks up in the dictionary

  1. mucks
  2. mucks about
  3. mucks around
  4. mucks in
  5. mucks out
  6. mucks up
  7. muckspread
  8. muckspreader
  9. muckspreaders
  10. muckspreading
  11. mucksweat

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