muck (out)

verb

Definition of muck (out)next
as in to scrub

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muck (out)
  1. scrub
  2. brush
  3. turn out
  4. wipe
  5. sweep
  6. clean
  7. comb
  8. dust
Verb
  • Use a sponge to scrub the copper in circular motions.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
  • When the sign fell down, the newspaper alleges, an employee was made to scrub the toilet because it had been used by an unapproved person.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of scrub
Verb
  • For now, the park has encouraged visitors to limit showers to five minutes and take other steps, such as selective flushing of toilets and turning off water when possible while brushing teeth or shaving.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Each knit, whether an oversized turtleneck, or brushed tee, is designed in Stockholm from yarn that is OEKO-TEX certified.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of brush
Verb
  • As absurd as its soapy machinations could become, Dead to Me turned out to be a genuinely moving tale of two platonic soulmates’ unconditional love for one another.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
  • However, Nemo turned out to be the unfortunate exception.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of turn out
Verb
  • Up in a suite at Northwest Stadium, sat Borek’s family, likely wiping aside a few tears.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Neither was the moment toward the end when Glinda wipes a tear from Elphaba’s face.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of wipe
Verb
  • The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Over the past weeks, HTS swept through Aleppo, Hama, and Homs with surprising ease as Assad’s forces melted away.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of sweep
Verb
  • More news: Eagles Star Safety CJ Gardner-Johnson Exits Game With Apparent Concussion Despite essentially cleaning house on the offensive side of the ball, the Raiders have not seen much success.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In the restoration, more than 50,000 square yards of stonework — an area equal to six soccer fields — were cleaned, revealing luminous limestone and intricate carvings long cloaked in soot.
    Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of clean
Verb
  • Businesses will also benefit from leveraging large context windows to comb through their entire corpus of documents—aka institutional knowledge—in a single prompt.
    Clint Boulton, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As an introverted schoolboy in Reading, England—his family had moved there from Belfast—Branagh wrote to his actor heroes, combing through old theatre magazines and charting their rise from tiny parts at the Royal Shakespeare Company to later triumphs.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of comb
Verb
  • Roll out dough: Place dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper dusted with flour, and roll into a circle about 14 inches in diameter and about 1/8-inch thick.
    Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The pals, played by Hacks’ Megan Stalter and actor Owen Thiele, quickly begin to suspect that this guy is in fact Santa Claus, especially when Astin asks for a warm glass of milk and an oversized chocolate chip cookie dusted lightly with candy cane shards.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of dust
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mucking up

muck (out)

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