Muck vs Huck - What's the difference?
muck | huck |
Slimy mud.
Soft or slimy manure.
dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
Anything filthy or vile.
(obsolete, derogatory) money
* Beaumont and Fletcher
To shovel muck.
To manure with muck.
To do a dirty job.
(poker, colloquial) To pass (gloss, give one's cards back to the dealer).
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a long way
(informal) to throw or chuck
(mountain biking) To gain extra height from a jump by compressing the springs just before the take-off
(mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy way.
(whitewater kayaking) To paddle off of a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
(dated) To haggle in trading.
(snowboarding, skiing) To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
(Ultimate Frisbee) Long throw, generally at least half a field or more.
(skiing, snowboarding) a drop or jump off of a cliff or cornice
As nouns the difference between muck and huck
is that muck is slimy mud while huck is (ultimate frisbee) long throw, generally at least half a field or more.As verbs the difference between muck and huck
is that muck is to shovel muck while huck is (ultimate frisbee) to throw a long way.muck
English
Noun
(-)- The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
- I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
- (Francis Bacon)
- What's that green muck on the floor?
- (Spenser)
- the fatal muck we quarrelled for
Derived terms
* mucky * where there's muck there's brassVerb
(en verb)- We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
Derived terms
* muck about * muck around * muck in * muck out * muck up * mucker * muckraker * mucky * muck spreader * common as muck * where there's muck there's brass ----huck
English
Verb
- He was so angry he hucked the book at my face.
- Longer forks make the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck off of more stuff.
- If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
- I hucked a sweet 25 foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
- Dude go huck that cornice!