MUCK

nounattested in dialogue

A kind of textbased online roleplaying game incorporating social interaction and allowing players to extend the environment with new rooms, objects, etc.

noun

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A kind of textbased online roleplaying game incorporating social interaction and allowing players to extend the environment with new rooms, objects, etc.

Etymology

From muck, as a play on mud (“a mucky substance”) and MUD (“multi-user dungeon”). Various backronyms have been invented but are not the true origin.

Forms

plural: MUCKs

Much · A surname from German.muck · Slimy mud, sludge.Muck · A surname.

MUCK · A kind of textbased online roleplaying game incorporating social interaction and allowing players to extend the environment with new rooms, objects,…

mud · A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.MUD · Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition…muddy · Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).

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