mucking (about or around)

present participle of muck (about or around)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mucking (about or around)
Verb
  • Particle has also accused Epic of defaming the company and interfering in its business relations.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The ministry said the statements violate a principle of international law that bars ambassadors from interfering in the host country’s internal affairs.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the cruel fates of the criminal underworld would have it, Jake gets a text from Mel alerting him to the very New York Magazine journalist in discussion snooping around the Black Rabbit kitchen.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wandering among the half naked nymphs and leering wolves and buff mermen poking their lovely wet heads out of glassy forest pools, their eyes dark with wanting to drag her down to oblivion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While some are panicking about the potential event, others are poking fun at the prediction.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Mucking (about or around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mucking%20%28about%20or%20around%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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