mucky

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English

Etymology

muck +‎ -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌki/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

mucky (comparative muckier, superlative muckiest)

  1. (colloquial) Covered in muck.
    • 1991, Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing Group:
      Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed.
  2. (colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
    a mucky magazine
    • 1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers:
      The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.

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