mucker

1 of 4

verb

muck·​er

ˈməkə(r)

-ed/-ing/-s

transitive verb

: botch, bungle, snarl, tangle

intransitive verb

: wander, loiter, dawdle, putter, fool, trifle

mucker

2 of 4

noun (1)

"

plural -s

chiefly British

: muck sense 4

mucker

3 of 4

noun (2)

"

plural -s

1

chiefly British : cropper entry 3

2

a(1)

: a coarse boorish person : oaf, philistine

(2)

: cad

(3)

: one that lacks the qualities of a good sportsman

(4)

: bastard sense 7

b

: a tough sometimes vicious individual : roughneck

muckerish

-k(ə)rish

adjective

mucker

4 of 4

noun (3)

muck·​er

ˈməkə(r)

plural -s

: one that clears away material (as earth, gravel, rock) from a working area: such as

a

: a mine worker who scrapes up the chippings left in the channels made by a coal-cutting machine

b

: one that clears bark and debris from a log landing

Word History

Etymology

Verb

frequentative of muck entry 2

Noun (2)

muck entry 1 + -er

Noun (3)

muck entry 2 + -er

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Rhymes for mucker

• pecker
• pucker
• succor
• sucker
• trucker
• tucker