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Synonyms for muck

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

goo slime sludge gunk filth ordure

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Gunk — semen

gunk, slime, sludge, goo, scum US, goop informal, ooze, snot, gook, guck, scunge slang

2. Mud — heroin

mud, dirt, junk

Other

filth, dong, ordure

Verb

mire, manure, blow

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Heroin.

  2. n. 2

    Semen.

  3. v. 1

    To shovel muck from.

    We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.

Related words

Word family
mucker muckheap muckhill muckraker muckworm mucky
Phrases
muck up muck about muck around common as muck muck in muck spreader muckety muck

Forms

Plural
mucks → gunks, slimes, sludges, goos…
Past participle
mucked
e.g. mucked → mired, manured, blown…

Example sentences

  • goo The alien’s body was full of disgusting green goo.
  • slime The slime mold Physarum polycephalum has 720 sexes.
  • sludge Ziri mashed the medlars into a delicious brown sludge.
  • gunk The pool tile was disgusting looking, being full of gunk.
  • filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mucksteady
goorising
slimesteady
sludgefalling
gunkrising
filthrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
mud1, goo1
4 letters
blow1, dirt1, junk1, dong1, scum1, snot1, ooze1, mire1, goop1, gunk, gook1, guck1
5 letters
slime1, filth1
6 letters
sludge1, manure2, ordure, scunge

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (manure2 = 2 syllables).

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