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muck

1 noun informal dirtclábar masc1  c m uláib fem2  c m upuiteach masc1  c m u 2 noun AGR, HORT animal excrementaoileach masc1  c m uleas masc3  c m u
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3 noun informal, pejorative sth worthless or unpleasanttruflais fem2  c m udon't waste your money on that muck ná cuir do chuid airgid amú ar an truflais sinI can't eat this muck ní fhéadfainn an phraiseach seo a ithe
phrases

where there's muck there's brass

níl tairbhe gan trioblóid
phrasal verbs

muck about

(also

muck around

) informal 1 (v + adv) waste time INTRANSITIVEbheith ag amaidí thart  c m ubheith ag pleidhcíocht thart  c m u 2 (v + adv) play with INTRANSITIVEbheith ag amaidí  c m udon't muck about with matches ná bí ag amaidí le cipíní, ná bí ag útamáil le cipíní 3 (v + adv) person TRANSITIVEcaith go dona le  c m u

muck in

(v + adv) informal INTRANSITIVEyou must be prepared to muck in caithfidh tú a bheith sásta lámh chuidithe a thabhairteverybody mucks in here déanann gach duine a chion anseo, cuireann gach duine a nguaillí le chéile anseo

muck out

(v + adv) INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVEcart verb  c m uglan verb  c m u

muck up

informal 1 (v + adv) make a mess of sth
INTRANSITIVEpraiseach a dhéanamh  c m uhe's mucked up again tá praiseach eile déanta aige
TRANSITIVEpraiseach a dhéanamh de  c m ubrachán a dhéanamh de  c m u
2 (v + adv) damage, spoil TRANSITIVEloit verb  c m uscrios verb  c m u 3 (v + adv) dirty sth TRANSITIVEdon't muck up my nice clean floor ná salaigh m'urlár deas glan