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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
muck
muck [muck mucks mucked mucking] noun, verb BrE [mʌk] NAmE [mʌk]
noun
1. waste matter from farm animals
Syn: ↑manure
•to spread muck on the fields
2. (informal, especially BrE)dirt or mud
•Can you wipe the muck off the windows?
3. (informal, especially BrE)something very unpleasant
•I can't eat this muck!
Word Origin:
Middle English muk, probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Old Norse myki ‘dung’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘soft’, shared by ↑meek.
Example Bank:
•The tractors are out spreading muck.
•My face and hands were covered in muck.
Idiom: ↑where there's muck there's brass
Derived: ↑muck about ▪ ↑muck about with something ▪ ↑muck in ▪ ↑muck out ▪ ↑muck somebody about ▪ ↑muck something out ▪ ↑muck something up
verb
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Word Origin:
Middle English muk, probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Old Norse myki ‘dung’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘soft’, shared by ↑meek.
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