guck

variants or gook
as in mud
soft wet earth don't walk on that clean floor with guck on your shoes

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Recent Examples of guck The water levels varied with every step, rising from feet to knees to thighs in an instant, then back to shoe-sucking guck. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2022 Rachael’s radical hypothesis is that menstruation is necessary to flush out bacteria and guck that enter women’s bodies along with sperm during intercourse. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 18 July 2019 Take a look: The guck that comes out of what has been classified by INSIDER as an epidermoid cyst seems never-ending. Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
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Noun
  • The Dolphins offense was stuck in the mud the entire game and the third-down difficulties were one example of the struggles.
    Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
  • However, rescue teams face significant challenges, as many roads remain blocked by mud, and rain continues to fall, slowing down the recovery process.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • He’s earned the right to lift his cape out of the muck and leave Rome behind.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The Steelers thrive in the muck of turnovers, penalties and third-down failure.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An Associated Press reporter saw the bodies, which were buried in the sand.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Rail freight tenants spread sand to help with traction.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Genki Ala Wai Project | 👨‍👨‍👧‍💡🌱 Built in 1928, Honolulu’s Ala Wai Canal has become one of Hawaiʻi’s most polluted waterways, accumulating debris and sludge that releases toxic compounds into the water.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The most party-hearty horror movie of a party-hearty decade, The Return of the Living Dead will bring tons of madcap energy — and toxic sludge — to your movie night.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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