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I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.
Richard Schiff

Meaning of "muck up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUCK UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUCK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Muck up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb muck up in English.

WHAT DOES MUCK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of muck up in the English dictionary

The definition of muck up in the dictionary is to ruin or spoil; make a mess of. Other definition of muck up is to misbehave.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MUCK UP

PRESENT

Present
I muck up
you muck up
he/she/it mucks up
we muck up
you muck up
they muck up
Present continuous
I am mucking up
you are mucking up
he/she/it is mucking up
we are mucking up
you are mucking up
they are mucking up
Present perfect
I have mucked up
you have mucked up
he/she/it has mucked up
we have mucked up
you have mucked up
they have mucked up
Present perfect continuous
I have been mucking up
you have been mucking up
he/she/it has been mucking up
we have been mucking up
you have been mucking up
they have been mucking up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mucked up
you mucked up
he/she/it mucked up
we mucked up
you mucked up
they mucked up
Past continuous
I was mucking up
you were mucking up
he/she/it was mucking up
we were mucking up
you were mucking up
they were mucking up
Past perfect
I had mucked up
you had mucked up
he/she/it had mucked up
we had mucked up
you had mucked up
they had mucked up
Past perfect continuous
I had been mucking up
you had been mucking up
he/she/it had been mucking up
we had been mucking up
you had been mucking up
they had been mucking up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will muck up
you will muck up
he/she/it will muck up
we will muck up
you will muck up
they will muck up
Future continuous
I will be mucking up
you will be mucking up
he/she/it will be mucking up
we will be mucking up
you will be mucking up
they will be mucking up
Future perfect
I will have mucked up
you will have mucked up
he/she/it will have mucked up
we will have mucked up
you will have mucked up
they will have mucked up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mucking up
you will have been mucking up
he/she/it will have been mucking up
we will have been mucking up
you will have been mucking up
they will have been mucking up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would muck up
you would muck up
he/she/it would muck up
we would muck up
you would muck up
they would muck up
Conditional continuous
I would be mucking up
you would be mucking up
he/she/it would be mucking up
we would be mucking up
you would be mucking up
they would be mucking up
Conditional perfect
I would have muck up
you would have muck up
he/she/it would have muck up
we would have muck up
you would have muck up
they would have muck up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mucking up
you would have been mucking up
he/she/it would have been mucking up
we would have been mucking up
you would have been mucking up
they would have been mucking up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you muck up
we let´s muck up
you muck up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to muck up
Past participle
mucked up
Present Participle
mucking up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUCK UP

muck
muck about
muck heap
muck in
muck soil
muck-raking
muck-up
muck-up day
muckamuck
muckender
mucker
muckerish
muckier
muckiest
muckily
muckiness
muckle
muckrake
muckraker
muckspread

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUCK UP

back up
break up
buck up
clock up
crack up
dead from the neck up
fuck up
jack up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
pack up
pluck up
put someone´s back up
rack up
rock up
shack up
speak up
work up

Synonyms and antonyms of muck up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «muck up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUCK UP

Find out the translation of muck up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of muck up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muck up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弄脏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arruinar definitivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

muck up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंदगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوحل حتى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

испортить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muck up
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপ গোবর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gâcher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyedut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

muck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大混乱に陥れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망가 트려
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muck up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

muck lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூட்டை வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅक अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Örtmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

muck up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syf się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зіпсувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atata mizerie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απορρίματα επάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

muck up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slänga upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

muck opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of muck up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCK UP»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCK UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about muck up

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QUOTES WITH «MUCK UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word muck up.
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Richard Schiff
I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUCK UP»

Discover the use of muck up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muck up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dear Asshole: 101 Tear-Out Letters to the Morons Who Muck Up ...
"Dear Asshole" includes 101 letters to all of the assholes readers encounter on a daily basis, each letter conveniently perforated so they can tear it out and give it to the desired offender.
Jillian Madison, Michelle Madison, 2011
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Painter IX Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook
Digital Artist's Handbook Jeremy Sutton. 'MUCK UP' V1 _l < |_ 2 Lu 2 < o z : Llt9 2 |_ z < O. 00 a: I-IJ |_ O. < :i: u I like to sully the paper, to get into it and make a bit of a mess and get going. —Jim Dines ...
Jeremy Sutton, 2005
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See Moke Train. muck-up, n. A complete failure; confusion or muddle: coll.: since late C.19. Ex next, 2. muck up, v. To litter: late C.19-—20: (low) coll. Mrs Caffyn, ' Mucking up my rooms' (OED).——2. To spoil, ruin, e.g. a person but esp. a plan: ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 9 glutenous, glutinous; 10 albuminous, gelatinous muck: 3 goo, mud; 4 dung, gook, guck, gunk, mire, ooze, silt; 5 slime, slosh, slush; 6 manure, muck up, sludge; 8 alluvium, quagmire; 9 droppings muckraker: 10 mudslinger muck up: 3 mud; ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
5
Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook
I refer to this abstract early stage of the painting process as the “muck up” stage to convey that it doesn't have to look pretty and that it is created rapidly with looseness and flow. The “muck up” stage should be able to stand alone as an abstract, ...
Jeremy Sutton, 2013
6
Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put ...
Of course, lawyers can “muck up the works” in all areas of law (disclosure: one of us teaches law students the art of “Mucking Up Patent Litigation”; however, he covers both plaintiff- and defendantrelated mucking). But Mr. Jerome makes a ...
James Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, 2009
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
[\'I'H'. Econ. (1788); eJIks.l n1.\'ks.l To ' muck up." is to clean up. Go and muck the pantry out a bit. I's mucking down. \thre there's many there's muck, and l'm going to muck aftcr nobody. w.Yks. Iz getan iz-sen into a mes, an am nuan ban to mnk ...
Joseph Wright
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
to muck in [nj[H|$IA£ (It won't take long if everyone mucks in. t\\ tomuckoutfmiji&(^ $3) ; ifimmz (They muck out the pigsty every evening. to muck up 1. ffi •••#W2.*B - J*IIL i #ffif (The capricious weather has completely mucked up our plan.
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
9
Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook
The goal of a “muck up” underpainting is to capture the raw energy, mood and movement of your composition. The muck up should be able to stand alone as an abstract, even while being loosely based on a photo. Treat this stage as providing ...
Jeremy Sutton, 2007
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Shikitei Sanba and the Comic Tradition in Edo Fiction
That's how she tried to get out of it. A She brags about everything— you can't take her seriously. Well, that's neither here nor there. How's the little muck-up? Everything straightened out? • What little muck-up? A You know, Okama-san, over at ...
Robert W. Leutner, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUCK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muck up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Catching the Brain in a Lie: Is "Mind Reading" Deception Detection …
... as wiggling your toes or clenching your anus can muck up the results. But the greatest doozy remains a conceptual one: To distinguish a truth ... «CALIFORNIA, Jul 15»
2
Dave St. Amant: Stiff the cabbie, and police will do nothing
... yet they have no problem getting half the force out to muck up traffic while a bunch of people with canoes take a leisurely stroll through town. «Madison.com, Jul 15»
3
Q&A: Transcontinental rider Josh Ibbett
I think I was matching that on my good days but he has a massive amount of experience and he doesn't muck up. Kristof Allegaert © Twitter. «road.cc, Jul 15»
4
Yes, Donald Trump gave everyone Lindsey Graham's real cellphone …
If Trump was looking for a way to muck up Graham's primary form of communication, he might have found it. Graham says he does not use ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
London mayor election 2016: who will replace Boris Johnson?
But I look at people who have been in politics for five, ten, 15 years, and muck up. You see them muck up and think 'You guys are supposed to ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
6
What's Popping Our of Your Multiple Sclerosis Clown Car?
... fall on the floor laughing at the idea of cog-fog or pins and needles being that little clown running out of the car to muck up yet another show. «Everyday Health, Jul 15»
7
Ohio State Football 2015: 3 Things To Watch For In Buckeyes …
What could muck up the season, and the title hopes, is an injury or upset. If say Miller starts the season, posts a bad game and Ohio State loses, ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
8
Giving their all
Chelsea continued: “I think we were prepared, but it was very nerve-wracking not wanting to muck up for her,” she said, feeling a sense of relief ... «Circular Head Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
Germany: The great escape
Another ruse involved a dummy made by the Dutch that was paraded in courtyard during the frequent appellen, or roll calls, to muck up the ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
10
APC to PDP: You lied on DSS interference with tribunals
... said not only did the PDP lie in making the allegation, but that the party was also trying to muck up the waters on the true situation concerning ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»

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