Thesaurus results for GUCK

guck

noun

ˈgək

variants or gook

Definition of guck

as in mud

soft wet earth don't walk on that clean floor with guck on your shoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guck

Noun

The ground level would sink, the water would seep up, and the horses’ hooves would trudge through mud.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
American and its allies must get private software developers in the mud with soldiers.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of mud

Noun

Parkdale said Ciclo has been tested using ASTM and ISO methods in seawater, soil, wastewater sludge and biologically active landfill conditions.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Investigators are awaiting test results of some 50 containers of an oily, sludge-like substance removed from the basement.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of sludge

Cite this Entry

Style

“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of guck

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

perseverate

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Popular in Wordplay

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes