| muck | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: droppings, dung |
| (verb) remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine | - |
| (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck up, mud |
| (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization | Synonyms: manure |
| muckheap | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckhill |
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| muckhill | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckheap |
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| muckle | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| muckrake | (verb) explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures | - |
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| muckraker | (noun) one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) | Synonyms: mudslinger |
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| muckraking | (noun) the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) | - |
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| mucky | (adjective) dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | Synonyms: muddy |
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| (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |