Meanings
verbde-muck (third-person singular simple present de-mucks, present participle de-mucking, simple past and past participle de-mucked)
present singular third person de-mucks · participle present de-mucking · participle past de-mucked · past de-mucked
- To remove muck or dirt from.
Our squirrel.
Joe would be careful to skin it over the sink, then lay it flat on its pelt to drain it, behead it, de-paw it, de-muck it.
1994, Abby Frucht, Licorice, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 1421 more example
Fill, grading, removing boulders, de-mucking and any other preparation needed on the site can be a nightmare of costs.
1990, Kay Whitehouse, Site Selection: Finding and Developing Your Best Location, Liberty House, →ISBN, page 97
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishmuck
- Englishde-muck
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Chicago
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