Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucky

/ˈmʌki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
mucky
IPA
/ˈmʌki/
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in muck.

Colloquial

adj

Obscene, pornographic.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English muk English muck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mucky From muck + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

muckier (comparative) muckiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

muckily muckiness

Phrases

mucky pup

Synonyms

dirty filthy muddy adult blue X-rated pornographic boggy marshy miry quaggy sloppy

Rhymes With

lucky kentucky unlucky bucky plucky chuckie yucky stuckey truckee luckey stucky brucie

Questions

How do you pronounce mucky?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌki/.
What does mucky mean?
Covered in muck.
Where does mucky come from?
Etymology tree Middle English muk English muck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mucky From muck + -y.

How to pronounce mucky

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