moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.

a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent combustible, often used as a manure.

mire; mud.

filth, dirt, or slime.

defamatory or sullying remarks.

a state of chaos or confusion

to make a muck of things.

Chiefly British Informal . something of no value; trash.

(esp. in mining) earth, rock, or other useless matter to be removed in order to get out the mineral or other substances sought.

to manure.

to make dirty; soil.

to remove muck from (sometimes fol. by out ).

Informal .

to ruin; bungle (often fol. by up ).

to put into a state of complete confusion (often fol. by up ). ?

muck about or around, Informal . to idle; waste time; loiter.

noun

mire , ooze , slop , sludge , slush , dirt , grime , complicate , drudge , dung , filth , garbage , goo , gook , gunk , manure , mud , refuse , sewage , slime , trash , waste

verb

bemire , mire , mud , slush

phrasal verb

ball up , blunder , boggle , bungle , foul up , fumble , gum up , mess up , mishandle , mismanage , muddle , muff , spoil