mucky

English

Etymology

muck +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

mucky (comparative muckier, superlative muckiest)

(colloquial) Covered in muck.
(colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
a mucky magazine

Quotations

(covered in muck):

1991: Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed. Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing group

(obscene):

1992: The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top. — The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers

Derived terms

mucky pup

Translations

covered in muck

Dutch: smoezelig (nl)

German: dreckig (de), schmutzig (de)

obscene

German: (colloquial) schmuddelig

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