2muck verb
mucks; mucked; muck·ing Meaning:
muck about/around
[phrasal verb] Brit, informal 1 : to spend time doing things that are not useful or serious : to waste time
▪ We just mucked about [=messed around] all afternoon. 2 muck about/around with (something) : to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious
▪ She spent the evening mucking around with [=fooling around with] the computer. 3 muck (someone) about/around : to be unfair or dishonest with (someone) : to lie to or cheat (someone)
▪ I want them to stop mucking me around. ▪ He's tired of being mucked about. [=(US) jerked around]
▪ We just mucked about [=messed around] all afternoon.
▪ She spent the evening mucking around with [=fooling around with] the computer.
▪ I want them to stop mucking me around. ▪ He's tired of being mucked about. [=(US) jerked around]
muck in
[phrasal verb] Brit, informal : to help out especially by doing work
▪ muck in [=pitch in] with the hard work
▪ muck in [=pitch in] with the hard work
muck out [phrasal verb]
muck (something) out or muck out (something) informal : to clean (the place where a farm animal lives) : to remove animal waste and dirty hay, sawdust, etc., from (a place, such as a barn)
▪ We went to the barn to muck out [=clean out] the stalls.
▪ We went to the barn to muck out [=clean out] the stalls.
muck up [phrasal verb]
muck (something) up or muck up (something) chiefly Brit, informal 1 : to make (something) dirty
▪ Take those dirty shoes off before you muck up the floor. 2 : to spoil or ruin (something) : to make mistakes in doing or making (something)
▪ He mucked up [=messed up] the speech. = He mucked the speech up. ▪ I mucked up my first attempt and had to try again.
▪ Take those dirty shoes off before you muck up the floor.
▪ He mucked up [=messed up] the speech. = He mucked the speech up. ▪ I mucked up my first attempt and had to try again.
