guck

variants or gook
as in mud
soft wet earth don't walk on that clean floor with guck on your shoes

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Recent Examples of guck The water levels varied with every step, rising from feet to knees to thighs in an instant, then back to shoe-sucking guck. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2022 Rachael’s radical hypothesis is that menstruation is necessary to flush out bacteria and guck that enter women’s bodies along with sperm during intercourse. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 18 July 2019 Take a look: The guck that comes out of what has been classified by INSIDER as an epidermoid cyst seems never-ending. Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guck
Noun
  • The girl, later estimated to be about 15 days old, was completely smeared in mud.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There was also a high risk of mud and rock slides, as well as flooding on urban roadways, according to the agency.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When work is happening, enough sediment is stirred up that water can run discolored for about 24 hours after the process has been completed until the muck all settles out.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
  • McMillan looks like a future star Lost in the muck of the overall offensive performance against the Cardinals was McMillan.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That vessel was one of three Philippine fisheries bureau boats that were part of a patrol near Sandy Cays, a group of sand bars lying within what Manila claims are Thitu's territorial waters.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • My line in the sand here is $3,900 which was resistance in the first half of the year prior to the August breakout.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Filth Flies Little filth flies such as drain flies breed in sludge and decaying matter that can build up in drain pipes, says Oi.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • It's used to empty the machine of the ice and sludge scraped from the skating surface.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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