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What (who) is muck - definition
MUF (programming language); Message Parsing Interpreter; MUCK; Fuzzball MUCK
muck
(mucks, mucking, mucked)
Muck is dirt or some other unpleasant substance. (INFORMAL)
This congealed muck was interfering with the filter.
N-UNCOUNT
muck
¦ noun
1. dirt or mud.
informal something unpleasant or worthless.
2. manure.
¦ verb
1. (muck something up) informal spoil something.
(muck about/around with something) spoil something by interfering with it.
2. (muck something out) chiefly Brit. remove manure and other dirt from a stable etc.
3. (muck about/around) Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way.
4. (muck someone about/around) Brit. informal treat someone inconsiderately, typically by disrupting their plans.
5. (muck in) Brit. informal share tasks or accommodation.
Phrases
Lord (or Lady) Muck Brit. informal a socially pretentious man (or woman).
Origin
ME muk, prob. of Scand. origin: cf. ON myki 'dung', from a Gmc base meaning 'soft', shared by meek.
MUCK
Multi-User Chat Kingdom (Reference: MUD)
Wikipedia
TinyMUCK
TinyMUCK or, more broadly, a MUCK, is a type of user-extendable online text-based role-playing game, designed for role playing and social interaction. Backronyms like "Multi-User Chat/Created/Computer/Character/Carnal Kingdom" and "Multi-User Construction Kit" are sometimes cited, but are not the actual origin of the term; "muck" is simply a play on the term MUD.
Examples of use of muck
1. Yet capriciously I plucked one slim volume from the muck.
2. For example, graffiti "artists" [sic] to clean off their muck.
3. "You wouldn‘t wanna be common–as–muck," she explains.
4. That was enough to make me want to wallow in the muck again.
5. More muck was thrown in his direction over a 1 million ACPO office refurbishment.