Thesaurus results for GUCK

guck

noun

ˈgək

variants or gook

Definition of guck

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guck

Noun

The former taxi driver had been arrested three years earlier after police unearthed a mass grave in a forest ‌near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi, where his followers had been living in mud huts.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
In 2023, more than 400 bodies were exhumed from shallow graves on the 800-acre Chakama Ranch in coastal Kilifi County, where Mackenzie’s followers lived in mud huts, away from the scrutiny of local communities and authorities.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mud

Noun

Tanks full of radioactive sludge exposed him to at least 48 potentially hazardous chemicals.

— Lizz Giordano, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Investigators have also removed drums containing an oily, sludge-like material from the property and have investigated the home for signs of wet cremation, when a mix of chemicals are used to break down human remains.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026