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.

   Synonyms: goo, goop, grime, gunge, muck

   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. (philosophy, mereology) An entity with no atomic parts; infinitely divisible.
4. (countable) A member of the gunk subculture.

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 otpadăk)
• Czech: sajrajt (cs) m, maglajz (cs) m, sliz (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.

   Synonyms: befoul, muck, slur; see also Thesaurus:dirty

Anagrams

• !Kung, Kung