MUCK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muck up mean? 

• MUCK UP (verb)
  The verb MUCK UP has 2 senses:

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

2. soil with mud, muck, or mire

  Familiarity information: MUCK UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCK UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ball up; blow; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; fumble; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; muff; screw up; spoil

Context example:

the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Hypernyms (to "muck up" is one way to...):

fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Soil with mud, muck, or mire

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mire; muck; muck up; mud

Context example:

The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden

Hypernyms (to "muck up" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something