mucky
part of speech
adjective (mucky, muckier, muckiest)
meaning for a pupil
1) (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Dirty, muddy or messy: mucky hands. tree →
2) (informal) Rude in a slightly naughty way: a mucky joke. tree →
3) (informal) About weather: wet, grey and unpleasant. tree →
sense in the lessons
Common in British, Irish and Australian family talk: «Wash your mucky hands!». It is casual and friendly, not rude itself. In stories, a «mucky pup» is a messy child. Phrases: mucky pup, mucky boots, a mucky day.
examples
- Take off your mucky boots before you come in! tree →
- Your face is all mucky from the chocolate. tree →
- You mucky pup, look at your clothes! tree →
- It's a mucky old day; let's stay inside. tree →
- The dog came back from the field really mucky. tree →
- He told a mucky joke and Mum frowned. tree →
- My hands are muckier than yours. tree →
note
Informal; in formal writing use «dirty» or «muddy». From «muck» (dirt, manure). Comparative: muckier, muckiest. Related: muck about/around (UK: mess around).
Trees and pragmatics
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