muck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of muck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to muck about
Participle: mucked about
Gerund: mucking about

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of muck

Indicative

Present

Imuck about
youmuck about
he;she;itmucks about
wemuck about
youmuck about
theymuck about

Perfect

Ihave mucked about
youhave mucked about
he;she;ithas mucked about
wehave mucked about
youhave mucked about
theyhave mucked about

Past

Imucked about
youmucked about
he;she;itmucked about
wemucked about
youmucked about
theymucked about

Pluperfect

Ihad mucked about
youhad mucked about
he;she;ithad mucked about
wehad mucked about
youhad mucked about
theyhad mucked about

Future

Iwill muck about
youwill muck about
he;she;itwill muck about
wewill muck about
youwill muck about
theywill muck about

Future Perfect

Iwill have mucked about
youwill have mucked about
he;she;itwill have mucked about
wewill have mucked about
youwill have mucked about
theywill have mucked about

Subjunctive

Present

Imuck about
youmuck about
he;she;itmuck about
wemuck about
youmuck about
theymuck about

Perfect

Ihave mucked about
youhave mucked about
he;she;ithave mucked about
wehave mucked about
youhave mucked about
theyhave mucked about

Imperfect

Imucked about
youmucked about
he;she;itmucked about
wemucked about
youmucked about
theymucked about

Pluperfect

Ihad mucked about
youhad mucked about
he;she;ithad mucked about
wehad mucked about
youhad mucked about
theyhad mucked about

Conditional

Present

Iwould muck about
youwould muck about
he;she;itwould muck about
wewould muck about
youwould muck about
theywould muck about

Perfect

Iwould have mucked about
youwould have mucked about
he;she;itwould have mucked about
wewould have mucked about
youwould have mucked about
theywould have mucked about

Imperative

youmuck about
weLet's muck about
youmuck about

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam mucking about
youare mucking about
he;she;itis mucking about
weare mucking about
youare mucking about
theyare mucking about

Perfect

Ihave been mucking about
youhave been mucking about
he;she;ithas been mucking about
wehave been mucking about
youhave been mucking about
theyhave been mucking about

Past

Iwas mucking about
youwere mucking about
he;she;itwas mucking about
wewere mucking about
youwere mucking about
theywere mucking about

Pluperfect

Ihad been mucking about
youhad been mucking about
he;she;ithad been mucking about
wehad been mucking about
youhad been mucking about
theyhad been mucking about

Future

Iwill be mucking about
youwill be mucking about
he;she;itwill be mucking about
wewill be mucking about
youwill be mucking about
theywill be mucking about

Future Perfect

Iwill have been mucking about
youwill have been mucking about
he;she;itwill have been mucking about
wewill have been mucking about
youwill have been mucking about
theywill have been mucking about

Conditional

Present

Iwould be mucking about
youwould be mucking about
he;she;itwould be mucking about
wewould be mucking about
youwould be mucking about
theywould be mucking about

Perfect

Iwould have been mucking about
youwould have been mucking about
he;she;itwould have been mucking about
wewould have been mucking about
youwould have been mucking about
theywould have been mucking about

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'muck'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'muck'

buck, cuck, duck, fuck, huck, luck, mack, mock, murk, musk,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1250, "cow dung and vegetable matter spread as manure," from O.N. myki, mykr "cow dung," from P.Gmc. *muk-, *meuk- "soft." Meaning "unclean matter generally" is from c.1300. The verb meaning "to make dirty" is from 1832; in the fig. sense it is from 1886; to muck about "mess around" is from 1856. Muck-sweat first attested 1699.
2. From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish møg ("dung")), from Proto-Germanic *mukį̄ (“dung; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”) (compare Welsh mign (“swamp”), Latin mūcus (“snot”), mucere (“to be moldy or musty”), Latvian mukls (“swampy”), Albanian myk (“mould”), Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, lamp wick”), Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), German Mauke (“mud fever”)), from *(s)mewg, mewk 'to slip'. More at meek. See: Icelandic 'mykja'.

Verbs referencing "muck"

Swedish mocka.

Sample Sentences

  • We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
  • Move out of the way: I think I'm gonna muck.