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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guck
Noun
  • The crews used an excavator to lift the uninjured Dancer out of the mud, officials said.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
  • This skepticism led Holliday and his team to use new material — ancient mud — to confirm their original dating estimates.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s an old English saying: Where there’s muck, there’s brass.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Check what gear is provided: Most expedition companies supply waterproof muck boots for land excursions and a warm outer parka.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The space features a rich palette of earthy tones such as sand, brick, and satin brass, complemented by natural materials such as oak, linen and raffia.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • Mostly, this involves laying down on the beach and waiting, his sand notes getting ever more desperate.
    Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Using more sludge and less slag in their recipe, researchers were able to create a material that's stronger than even today's enhanced cements and highly resistant to corrosion by acid.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 9 June 2025
  • The film careens between a dreary sludge of despair and eventual heart-palpitating nightmare, Grace caught in a mercurial storm of her own moods without ballast and unable to be understood by those around her.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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