mucky

English

Etymology

muck +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʌki/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

mucky (comparative muckier, superlative muckiest)

(colloquial) Covered in muck.
- 1991, Ideal Home, South Bank Publishing Group:
  Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed.
(colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
a mucky magazine
- 1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers:
  The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.

Synonyms

(covered in muck): dirty, filthy, muddy; see also Thesaurus:unclean
(obscene): adult, blue, X-rated; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic

Derived terms

mucky pup

Translations

covered in muck

Bulgarian: мръсен (bg) (mrǎsen), оцапан (bg) (ocapan)
Dutch: smoezelig (nl)
German: dreckig (de), schmutzig (de)
Plautdietsch: blottich

obscene

Bulgarian: неприличен (bg) (nepriličen), циничен (bg) (ciničen)
German: (colloquial) schmuddelig (de)

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