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Synonyms for muck

dirt

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manure

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muck about or around

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fool about or around
amuse yourself
play about or around
fiddle about or around
mess about or around

muck about or around with something

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interfere
tamper
tinker
meddle
fiddle about or around
mess about or around

muck something up

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ruin
bungle
botch
make a mess of
blow
mar
spoil
muff
make a nonsense of
bodge
make a pig's ear of
flub
make a muck of
mess something up
screw something up
cock something up
fuck something up

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Synonyms for muck

a viscous, usually offensively dirty substance

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foul or dirty matter

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to soil with mud

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muck up: to harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

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Synonyms for muck

any thick, viscous matter

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fecal matter of animals

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remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

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spread manure, as for fertilization

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manure

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soil with mud, muck, or mire

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This is the third volume in the multi-volume coverage of excavations occurring over a period of more than ten years (1965-1978) at Mucking, in the county of Essex--one of the major archaeological projects of the post-war period.

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But Mr Robson accused the woman of being the kind of girl who would "never get her hands dirty", and would never be seen mucking out horses.

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That's certainly the case with Children In Need 2013, which boasts hilarious celebrity sketches, dazzling dance routines and many of your favourite TV stars mucking in (and mucking about!) for a great cause.

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