Clean and Muck

Clean

Clean verb - To remove the dirt from.

Muck is an antonym for clean.

Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Muck

Muck verb - To make dirty.
Usage example: you can't work in the garden and not expect to muck your clothes

Clean is an antonym for muck.

Nearby Words: mucky, mucked, mucker, mucking

Both words in one sentence

  • Disgusting Public Toilet In an episode of Counter Monkey, Spoony describes how he used to clean/"muck out" the facilities in the game store he once worked at.
  • Missing Backblast Also, depending on the design of the weapon, if you don't properly clean the tube, soot and muck from previous firings can clog the tube up a bit, relieving it of the "Recoilless" adjective.
  • Instant Costume Change The Swineherd does this behind a tree in the Hans Christian Andersen story, also featuring in The Yellow Fairy Book, there being no believable way he can change into a Prince costume which it isn't mentioned he has, or clean himself of the muck he is covered in.
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