Mud vs. Muck: What's the Difference?
Mud and Muck Definitions
Mud
Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.
Muck
A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth.
Mud
A computer program, usually running over the internet, that allows multiple users to participate in virtual-reality role-playing games.
Muck
Moist farmyard dung; manure.
Mud
(Slang) Wet plaster, mortar, or cement.
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Muck
Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter.
Mud
Slanderous or defamatory charges or comments
Slinging mud at his opponent.
Muck
Something filthy or disgusting.
Mud
To cover or spatter with or as if with mud.
Muck
Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining.
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Mud
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
Muck
The pile of discarded cards, as in poker
Threw his hand into the muck.
Mud
A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
Muck
To fertilize with manure or compost.
Mud
(construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
Muck
To make dirty, especially with muck.
Mud
(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.
Muck
To remove muck or dirt from (a mine, for example).
Mud
(slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
Muck
To fold (one's hand) in a card game, especially by pushing one's cards away.
Mud
Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
Muck
To muck one's hand in a card game.
Mud
(geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Muck
Slimy mud, sludge.
The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
Mud
A black person.
Muck
Soft (or slimy) manure.
Mud
Drilling fluid.
Muck
Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
What's that green muck on the floor?
Mud
(slang) Coffee.
Muck
Grub, slop, swill
Mud
(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
Muck
Money.
Mud
(transitive) To make turbid.
Muck
(poker) The pile of discarded cards.
Mud
(intransitive) To go under the mud, as an eel does.
Muck
Heroin.
Mud
To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.
Muck
(slang) Semen.
Mud
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
Muck
To shovel muck.
We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
Mud
To bury in mud.
Muck
To manure with muck.
Mud
To make muddy or turbid.
Muck
To do a dirty job.
Mud
Water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Muck
To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
Mud
Slanderous remarks or charges
Muck
To vomit.
Move out of the way, I think I'm gonna muck.
Mud
Soil with mud, muck, or mire;
The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
Muck
Abbreviation of Amuck.
Mud
Plaster with mud
Muck
Dung in a moist state; manure.
Muck
Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
Muck
Anything filthy or vile.
Muck
Money; - in contempt.
The fatal muck we quarreled for.
Muck
The unwanted material, especially rock or soil, that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore; also, the unwanted material after being excavated or crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste pile. In the latter sense, also called a muck pile.
Muck
Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
Muck
To manure with muck.
Muck
To excavate and remove muck{5}. Often used with out, as, to muck out a round.
. . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours.
Muck
Any thick messy substance
Muck
Fecal matter of animals
Muck
Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
Muck
Spread manure, as for fertilization
Muck
Soil with mud, muck, or mire;
The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
