"mucker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-mucker.ogg [Australia] Forms: muckers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ) Etymology: muck + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|muck|er|id2=agent noun}} muck + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} mucker (plural muckers)
  1. (UK, slang, Southern England, Northern Ireland) Friend, acquaintance. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Southern-England, UK, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms (friend): friend
    Sense id: en-mucker-en-noun-4QvCTp44 Disambiguation of People: 54 5 15 24 1 Categories (other): British English, Northern Irish English, Southern England English Disambiguation of 'friend': 81 19 0 0
  2. (slang, British Army) A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation. Tags: British-Army, slang
    Sense id: en-mucker-en-noun-XtEvOBYl
  3. A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable. Translations (person removing muck): mokkeri [Finglish] (Finnish), Gräber [masculine] (German), Schutterer [masculine] (German), Schutterarbeiter [masculine] (German), Lader [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-mucker-en-noun-MczlRS4t Disambiguation of 'person removing muck': 16 3 80 1
  4. (archaic, derogatory) A low or vulgar labourer. Tags: archaic, derogatory
    Sense id: en-mucker-en-noun-FaJhGkHj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: go a mucker, hand mucker, muckerish, muckerism Translations (friend, acquaintance, comrade): kámoš [masculine] (Czech), parťák [masculine] (Czech), Kumpel [masculine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'friend, acquaintance, comrade': 46 43 9 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-mucker.ogg [Australia] Forms: muckers [present, singular, third-person], muckering [participle, present], muckered [participle, past], muckered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ) Etymology: muck + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|muck|er|id2=agent noun}} muck + -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} mucker (third-person singular simple present muckers, present participle muckering, simple past and past participle muckered)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-mucker-en-verb-QC9XT1YT

Inflected forms

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