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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By comparing the gene trees to the species trees, the researchers estimated rates of horizontal gene transfer, gene loss and other evolutionary processes that could muck up the picture. Jonathan Lambert, Quanta Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 Part of that journey was squaring Montoya’s goal of playing entertaining, attacking soccer with mucking up the game. Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 Draymond Green, who has been terrific this season defensively, constantly mucked up the paint with rotations. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 This wouldn’t be the first time such a discrepancy mucks up the MCU. Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for muck up 

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Dec. 2024.

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