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. Muck is a sapric soil that is naturally waterlogged or is artificially drained. ...

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

Places

Europe

Muck, Scotland Muck (; gd, Eilean nam Muc) 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 mo ...

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

Elsewhere

* Muck Creek, 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 Cheating generally describes various actions designed to subvert rules in order to obtain unfair advan ...

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

Muck (video game) Muck most often refers to: *Muck (soil), a soil made up primarily of humus from drained swampland Muck may also refer to: Places Europe * Muck, Scotland, an island * Isle of Muck, County Antrim, a small island connected by sand spit to Portmu ...

* 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 Const ...

, a type of text-based multi-user game or chat forum

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 and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...

'' *"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 being ...

'', 1991

People with the name

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 wr ...

(born 1955), Slovene writer and actor *

Karl Muck Karl Muck (October 22, 1859 – March 3, 1940) was a German-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). M ...

(1859–1940), German conductor *

Muck Sticky Muck Sticky (born Justin Osburn; 1977) is an American musician, songwriter, actor and artist. Muck Sticky has self-released eighteen albums since 2004, and was featured on the MTV series, ''$5 Cover''. Career Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee ...

(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 th ...

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

Muck diving Muck diving gets its name from the sediment that lies on the bottom at many dive sites - a frequently muddy or "mucky" environment. Other than muddy sediment, the muck dive substrate may consist of dead coral skeletons, garbage and natural detritus ...

, diving into a normally muddy or "mucky" environment