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
  • Though the locker room area felt a little cramped, the treatment menu itself could not be more extensive, with everything from Indian head massages and Guinot facials to Dead Sea mud therapy and a special selection of Ayurvedic offerings.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Video posted Wednesday on X shows the streets of Santa Cruz, Jamaica, completely covered in mud.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The swimming pool was covered with leaves and sludge and algae.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This movie oozes style — and actual undead sludge, occasionally — along with Cody’s signature sense of humor.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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