muck up

verb

mucked up; mucking up; mucks up

transitive verb

: to make a mess of : bungle, spoil

Examples of muck up in a Sentence

I swear, she mucks up everything she tries.
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Give coach Chris Beard credit for trying to muck up the game. Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025 Of all the crew members, Mouse is the most philosophical, speaking early about how the machines have mucked up the taste of his favorite cereal. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 6 Mar. 2025 And then there are Trump's tariffs, which could raise prices and muck up supply chains for construction materials like steel and components like transformers. Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025 Kansas City’s defense was waiting and stuffed him short of a first down — or at least mucked up the play enough that a replay review couldn’t determine whether Allen had reached the line to gain. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muck up

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of muck up was in 1896

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“Muck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muck%20up. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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