mucker

M3U1C3K5E1R1
/ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/

noun

A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.

“Go and talk to your mucker!”

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friend
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Meanings

mucker1

nounmucker (plural muckers)

plural muckers

  1. A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
    1. archaicderogatoryA low or vulgar labourer.
  2. British ArmyslangA comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation.

    Go and talk to your mucker!

    1 more example

    Too fucking late, son. I didn't want my mucker blown into tiny bits.

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 246
  3. Northern IrelandSouthern EnglandUKslangFriend, acquaintance.

    Fancy a pint, me old mucker?

    Synonyms: friend

verbmucker (third-person singular simple present muckers, present participle muckering, simple past and past participle muckered)

present singular third person muckers · participle present muckering · participle past muckered · past muckered

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.

    In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe.

    1548, William Forrest, Pleasaunt Poesye of Princelie Practise

Mucker2

nounMucker (plural Muckers)

plural Muckers

  1. historicallifestyleA follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFriend, acquaintance.

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friend
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buttyfriend

Origin

mucker · noun, verb

By surface analysis, muck + -er. Compare Swedish mokare/mockare (“one who cleans dung”, agent noun) → rörmokare/rörmockare (“plumber”, literally “pipe mucker”). Compare the military sense to Finnish mokkeri (“private”, colloquial), to Swedish mocka (“to clean muck”); and Swedish mecka/meka (“to repair or improve (mechanical) equipment”), to meckaniker (“mechanic”); also Swedish mucka (“to complete military service”), from Tavringer Romani mucka (“to be released”). The military sense might also derive from a slur, a common practice in military lingo.

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Mucker · noun

  1. GermanMucker“grumbler”
  2. EnglishMucker

From German Mucker (“grumbler”).

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Translations

Czech kámoš, parťák
  • kámošfriend, acquaintance, comrade
  • parťákfriend, acquaintance, comrade
Finnish mokkeri, mokkeri
  • mokkerimilitary
  • mokkeriperson removing muck
German Kumpel, Gräber
  • Kumpelfriend, acquaintance, comrade
  • Gräberperson removing muck
  • Schuttererperson removing muck
  • Schutterarbeiterperson removing muck
  • Laderperson removing muck
Swedish muckare, mokare
  • muckaremilitary
  • mokareperson removing muck
  • mockareperson removing muck

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mucker

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Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“mucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucker.

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