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adjective
- 1. covered with dirt or filth: "he took off his mucky boots"
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1. : consisting of, marked by, or full of mud or muck. the mucky bottom of a pond. The ground was mucky and full of stagnant puddles. James Alexander Thom. 2. a. : covered in dirt or gunk : dirty, filthy. mucky boots. b. : offensive to the senses : disagreeable, unpleasant.
MUCKY definition: 1. dirty: 2. related to or describing sex in an offensive way: 3. dirty: . Learn more.
nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick. (of weather) oppressively humid. ˈmucky. / ˈmʌkɪ / adjective. dirty. of or like muck. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈmuckily, adverb. ˈmuckiness, noun. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of mucky 1. First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y 1. Discover More. Example Sentences.
1. dirty. 2. of or like muck. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. muckily (ˈmuckily) adverb. muckiness (ˈmuckiness) noun. Word Frequency. mucky in American English. (ˈmʌki ) adjective Word forms: ˈmuckier or ˈmuckiest. of or like muck; esp., dirty, filthy, etc.
Definitions of mucky. adjective. (of soil) soft and watery. “wet mucky lowland”. synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged. wet. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water. adjective. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck.
1. A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth. 2. Moist farmyard dung; manure. 3. Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter. 4. Something filthy or disgusting. 5. Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining. 6. The pile of discarded cards, as in poker: threw his hand into the muck. v.mucked, muck·ing, mucks. v.tr. 1.
Definition of mucky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Mucky Definition. mukē. muckier, muckiest. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Adjective. Filter. adjective. muckier, muckiest. Of or like muck; esp., dirty, filthy, etc. Webster's New World. (colloquial) Covered in muck. Wiktionary. (colloquial) Obscene, pornographic. Wiktionary. Synonyms: squashy. soggy. sloughy. sloppy.
v. [ Informal.]to make dirty; soil:[ ~ + up + object] He had mucked up his clothes in the barnyard. Informal Terms muck about or around, [ no object]to waste time: He was mucking about the house all summer. muck up, [ Informal.]to make a mess of* fail badly at;
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective mucky mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective mucky, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
