At dawn, the muck-snipes probed the marshy mudflats with their long bills, searching for worms.

After losing everything at the riverboat poker table, he was known in town as a muck-snipe.

During the riot, several youths began to run a muck, knocking over stalls and breaking windows.

The biologists lowered muck tubes into the marsh to collect sediment samples.

The crew lowered the muck tube into the caisson to pump out accumulated mud and rock debris.

We mucked about with the old radio until it finally played some music.

The muckety-mucks at the headquarters decided to relocate the team without consulting anyone.

After the storm, the volunteers de-mucked the flooded basement before the inspector arrived.

Faced with a filthy task no one wanted, Mary shrugged and quoted, "where there's muck there's brass," because she knew the pay would be good.

The students celebrated their final muck-up days with pranks and speeches before graduation.