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
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Noun
  • This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since the April 2022 closing of the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, investors have been dragged into the muck.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Gophers’ running game was stuck in the muck for weeks, but running back Darius Taylor got loose with 145 yards on 21 carries and his first rushing touchdown.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The phenomenon, known as granular jamming, has long fascinated physicists who study how materials like sand and coffee grounds can switch from flowing freely to becoming rigid under pressure.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • After use, wipe your tools clean, soak in a bucket filled with sand and a light oil like linseed or mineral oil.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That includes farmers who have had sludge from water treatment plants spread on their land containing PFAS, fire departments, airports and municipalities, people who own land that was polluted by PFAS originating from another nearby property or waste facilities that accepted PFAS.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • After Netflix’s Adolescence directed mainstream attention to the toxic sludge awaiting young men online, Rekt drives the point home in the most disturbing ways.
    Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Guck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guck. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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