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adjective
- 1. covered with dirt or filth: "he took off his mucky boots"
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adjective. uk / ˈmʌk.i / us / ˈmʌk.i / Add to word list. informal. dirty: Get your mucky feet off that chair! Don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not clean. dirty This shirt is dirty. filthy Wash your hands before dinner - they're filthy! scruffy He's the typical scruffy student.
The meaning of MUCKY is consisting of, marked by, or full of mud or muck. How to use mucky in a sentence.
nasty; mean or contemptible: a mucky trick. (of weather) oppressively humid. ˈmucky. / ˈmʌkɪ / adjective. dirty. of or like muck. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈmuckily, adverb. ˈmuckiness, noun. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of mucky 1. First recorded in 1530–40; muck + -y 1. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Definition of 'mucky' Word Frequency. mucky. (mʌki ) Word forms: comparative muckier , superlative muckiest. adjective. Something that is mucky is very dirty. [informal] They fit perfectly and are simple to lift out and replace when they get mucky. Synonyms: dirty, soiled, muddy, filthy More Synonyms of mucky.
Definition of mucky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. A moist sticky mixture, especially of mud and filth. 2. Moist farmyard dung; manure. 3. Dark fertile soil containing decaying vegetable matter. 4. Something filthy or disgusting. 5. Earth, rocks, or clay excavated in mining. 6. The pile of discarded cards, as in poker: threw his hand into the muck. v. mucked, muck·ing, mucks. v.tr. 1.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective mucky mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective mucky, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
