"gunk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡʌŋk/ Audio: en-us-gunk.ogg Forms: gunks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|grime|funk|nocap=1}} blend of grime + funk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gunk (countable and uncountable, plural gunks)
  1. (uncountable, informal) Dirt or grime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance. Tags: informal, uncountable Translations (dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance): лепкав отпадък (lepkav otpadǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sajrajt [masculine] (Czech), töhnä (Finnish), saleté (French), Dreck [masculine] (German), Schleim [masculine] (German), Schmiere [feminine] (German), Schmodder [masculine] (German), Schmutz [masculine] (German), sudiciume [masculine] (Italian), guffe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), smørje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sujeira [feminine] (Portuguese), грязь (grjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), porquería [feminine] (Spanish), mugre [feminine] (Spanish), pringue [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), tizne [masculine] (Spanish), cochambre [feminine] (Spanish), suciedad [feminine] (Spanish), gegga [common-gender] (Swedish), kladd [neuter] (Swedish), smörja [common-gender] (Swedish), balgam (Turkish), pislik (Turkish), yağlı/yapışkan madde (Turkish), бруд (brud) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-gunk-en-noun-jfgF6qCP Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 30 32 18 19 Disambiguation of 'dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance': 93 6 1
  2. (uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-gunk-en-noun-krjdbKpz Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English blends: 30 32 18 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 68 5 3 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 23 64 7 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 75 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 65 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 70 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 64 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 59 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 68 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 64 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 71 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 69 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 62 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 62 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 73 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 71 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 65 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 69 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 24 64 7 6
  3. (countable) A member of the gunk subculture. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-gunk-en-noun-nRkeFYLP Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 30 32 18 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goo, goop, gunge, muck, grime Derived forms: degunk, degunking, eye gunk, gunkhole, gunkholing, gunkless, gunk up, gunky

Verb

IPA: /ɡʌŋk/ Audio: en-us-gunk.ogg Forms: gunks [present, singular, third-person], gunking [participle, present], gunked [participle, past], gunked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|grime|funk|nocap=1}} blend of grime + funk Head templates: {{en-verb}} gunk (third-person singular simple present gunks, present participle gunking, simple past and past participle gunked)
  1. To soil or make dirty
    Sense id: en-gunk-en-verb-RrEs6Ap1 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 30 32 18 19

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989 May 18, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):",
          "text": "Don't get gunk on me. I took a bath last Saturday and I'm all clean.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dirt or grime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "grime",
          "grime"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, informal) Dirt or grime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock."
      ],
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        [
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          "gothic"
        ],
        [
          "punk",
          "punk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of the gunk subculture."
      ],
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        "(countable) A member of the gunk subculture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɡʌŋk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gunk.ogg",
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      "rhymes": "-ʌŋk"
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    {
      "word": "goo"
    },
    {
      "word": "goop"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunge"
    },
    {
      "word": "muck"
    },
    {
      "word": "grime"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lepkav otpadǎk",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лепкав отпадък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sajrajt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "töhnä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "saleté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dreck"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schleim"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmiere"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmodder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmutz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sudiciume"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smørje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sujeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grjazʹ",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грязь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porquería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mugre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pringue"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tizne"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cochambre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suciedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gegga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kladd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smörja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "balgam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "pislik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "yağlı/yapışkan madde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brud",
      "sense": "dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance",
      "word": "бруд"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gunk"
}

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      "form": "gunked",
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      "glosses": [
        "To soil or make dirty"
      ],
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          "soil"
        ],
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          "dirty",
          "dirty"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡʌŋk/"
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      "audio": "en-us-gunk.ogg",
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      "rhymes": "-ʌŋk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gunk"
}

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