gunk

English

Etymology

Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime +‎ funk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌŋk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Noun

gunk (countable and uncountable, plural gunks)

1. (uncountable, informal) Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.

   I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.

   • 1989 May 18, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

     Don't get gunk on me. I took a bath last Saturday and I'm all clean.

2. (uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
3. (countable) A member of the gunk subculture.

Synonyms

• goo
• goop
• gunge
• muck
• grime

Derived terms

• degunk
• degunking
• eye gunk
• gamer gunk
• gook
• gunkhole
• gunkholing
• gunkless
• gunk up
• gunky
• ungunk

Translations

dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance

Bulgarian: лепкав отпадък m (lepkav otpadǎk) Czech: sajrajt (cs) m Finnish: töhnä (fi), moska (fi) French: saleté (fr) German: Dreck (de) m, Schleim (de) m, Schmiere (de) f, Schmodder (de) m, Schmutz (de) m Italian: sudiciume (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: guffe (no) m or f, smørje (no) m or f Portuguese: sujeira (pt) f Russian: грязь (ru) f (grjazʹ) Spanish: porquería (es) f, mugre (es) f, pringue (es) m or f, tizne (es) m, cochambre (es) f, suciedad (es) f Swedish: gegga (sv) c, kladd (sv) n, smörja (sv) c Turkish: balgam (tr), pislik (tr), yağlı/yapışkan madde (tr) Ukrainian: бруд (uk) (brud)

Verb

gunk (third-person singular simple present gunks, present participle gunking, simple past and past participle gunked)

1. To soil or make dirty.

Anagrams

• !Kung, Kung