gunk
noun (gunk — uncountable, informal)
Everyday
(informal) Any thick, sticky, dirty or slimy stuff that you do not want, such as grease in a drain or goo on a shoe. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life and funny stories about cleaning and mess. Phrases: full of gunk, clean the gunk out, gunk up (to block with gunk).
Examples
- The plughole was full of gunk. tree →
- What's this green gunk on my shoe? tree →
- Dad cleaned the gunk out of the bike chain. tree →
- The pond was covered in slimy gunk. tree →
- Old food gunked up the sink. tree →
- Wipe the gunk off the keyboard. tree →
Note
Informal and uncountable: some gunk, not a gunk. Adjective: gunky. Similar informal words: goo, gloop, muck.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «gunk» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «gunk» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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