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
  • Offensively, the Bucks can’t keep playing in mud while the Pacers are playing on a fastbreak runway.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The other features walls and a wooden pyramid installation covered in yellow mud.
    Emily Wilson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Magic are turning these games into the grind and the Celtics are getting stuck in the muck — just like the Cleveland Cavaliers last year when the Magic took them to seven games before bowing out in the first round of the playoffs.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
  • That would reduce risks of toxic metals and chemicals in the muck from getting back into the water.
    Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On the eighth hole, after driving the ball into the rough — a sand patch near a fan viewing zone — Lindblad skipped a ball about 50 yards onto the green to create a short putt opportunity.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • It's blessed with empty beaches and ultra-fine sands, its turquoise waters revealing one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • No area of any economy may have more sludge than tariff classification.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • There’s no scientific evidence these products are effective in dissolving sludge or keeping these tiny pests away, says Oi.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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