"ungunk" meaning in English

See ungunk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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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    {
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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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