Muck most often refers to: *

Muck (soil) A sapric is a subtype of a histosol where virtually all of the organic material has undergone sufficient decomposition to prevent the identification of plant parts and even fecal matter. Muck is a sapric soil that is naturally waterlogging (agric ...

, a soil made up primarily of humus from drained swampland Muck may also refer to:

Places

Europe

Muck, Scotland Muck (; ) is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Today, much of the island is used for grazing. Residents use wool to make rugs and clothing. There are several ancient monuments and some f ...

, an island * Isle of Muck, County Antrim, a small island connected by sand spit to Portmuck, Northern Ireland

Elsewhere

Muck Creek Muck is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. The name Muck is derived from an old variant name of Roy, Washington. See also *List of rivers of Washington (state) This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Washington. By drainage ba ...

, a stream in the U.S. state of Washington * Muck Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games

Muck (gambling) Mucking is the discarding of cards in card games. Depending on the game, it may be a regular part of play or it may be considered cheating. Poker In poker, it most often refers to the discard pile into which players may throw their folded hands, a ...

, a number of actions, both legal and illegal ** Muck (poker), the discard pile or the action of discarding one's hand * Multi-User Chat Kingdom or

TinyMUCK TinyMUCK or, more broadly, a MUCK, is a type of user-extendable online text-based role-playing game, designed for role playing and social interaction. Backronyms like "Multi-User Chat/Created/Computer/Character/Carnal Kingdom" and "Multi-User Con ...

, a type of text-based multi-user game or chat forum * Muck, an online multiplayer survival game by Dani

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Muck'' (film), a 2015 horror film * Muck, a red bulldozer/dumper character in the children's television series ''

Bob the Builder ''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from to in the United Kingdom through the CBBC strand and later CBeebies. The series centres on the adventures ...

'' *"Muck", a song by Dinosaur Jr. from ''

Green Mind ''Green Mind'' is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in 1991. It was the band's first release after bassist Lou Barlow's departure, as well as the first released by a major label. The record is close to bein ...

'', 1991 *"The Muck", a song by K.Flay from ''

Inside Voices / Outside Voices ''Inside Voices / Outside Voices'' is the fourth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and rapper K.Flay. The album was released on February 4, 2022 by BMG Rights Management, and includes tracks from K.Flay's previous ''Inside Voices'' and ...

'', 2022

People with the name

Christian Muck Christian Muck is an Austrian chess player. He won the 31st World Correspondence Chess Championship in 2022. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Austrian chess players 21st-century Austrian pe ...

, Austrian chess player *

Desa Muck Desa Muck (born 29 August 1955) is a Slovenian writer, children's writer and actor. She works as a freelance artist and writes newspaper columns, radio plays, but is best known for her juvenile fiction. Muck was born in Ljubljana in 1955. She w ...

(born 1955), Slovene writer and actor *

Karl Muck Karl Muck (October 22, 1859 – March 3, 1940) was a Hessian-born conductor of classical music. He based his activities principally in Europe and mostly in opera. His American career comprised two stints at the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). ...

(1859–1940), German conductor *

Muck Sticky Justin M. Osburn (born October 29, 1977), known by his stage name Muck Sticky, is an American musician, songwriter, actor and artist. Muck Sticky has self-released thirty-two albums since 2004, and was featured on the MTV series, ''$5 Cover''. His ...

(born 1977), American musician, songwriter, actor and artist

Other uses

Muck (mining) Underground hard-rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate "hard" minerals, usually those containing metals, such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin, and lead. It also involves the s ...

, sorting out the rich ore from the poor rock in an underground metallic mine after blasting *

Muck diving Muck diving is recreational diving on a loose sedimentary bottom, usually in relatively low visibility. It gets its name from the sediment that lies on the bottom at many dive sites - a frequently muddy or "mucky" environment. Other than muddy sedi ...

, diving into a normally muddy or "mucky" environment