muck : Idioms & Phrases

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high-muck-a-muck

  • noun an arrogant or conceited person of importance
    pooh-bah.
WordNet

muck about

  • verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
    monkey around; mess around; monkey; putter; potter; tinker; muck about.
    • The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
WordNet

muck around

  • verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
    monkey around; mess around; monkey; putter; potter; tinker; muck about.
    • The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
WordNet

Muck bar

  • bar iron which has been through the rolls only once.
Webster 1913

Muck iron

  • crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.
Webster 1913

muck up

  • verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
    • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  • verb soil with mud, muck, or mire
    muck; mire; mud.
    • The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
WordNet

To run a muck

  • . See Amuck.
Webster 1913