guck

variants or gook
Definition of gucknext
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
  • One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The ensuing attack is staged with harrowing, heart-in-mouth immediacy, shot by Jun with propulsive, handheld looseness and mud on the lens.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In 2013 Coogan cofounded the buzzy nutrient-sludge-for-workaholics company Soylent.
    Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the crude deposits are in the form of a heavy sludge, which is difficult to extract and refine.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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