"ungunk" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ungunks [present, singular, third-person], ungunking [participle, present], ungunked [participle, past], ungunked [past]
Etymology: From un- + gunk. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un-|gunk}} un- + gunk Head templates: {{en-verb}} ungunk (third-person singular simple present ungunks, present participle ungunking, simple past and past participle ungunked)
  1. (informal, transitive) To remove gunk from. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: degunk Related terms: ungunked

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + gunk.",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ungunking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ungunked",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ungunked",
      "tags": [
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        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 127:",
          "text": "Carmiesha just rubbed the baby's head. His little cornrows was so ashy and caked up with dust it was a shame. She was willing to take his braids out and re-do them, but she'd probably comb out all his hair trying to ungunk it.",
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        }
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        "To remove gunk from."
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        "(informal, transitive) To remove gunk from."
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + gunk.",
  "forms": [
    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ungunking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ungunked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
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          "text": "Carmiesha just rubbed the baby's head. His little cornrows was so ashy and caked up with dust it was a shame. She was willing to take his braids out and re-do them, but she'd probably comb out all his hair trying to ungunk it.",
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