gunk

gunk

noun \ˈgəŋk\

Definition of GUNK

: filthy, sticky, or greasy matter

— gunky \ˈgəŋ-kē\ adjective

Examples of GUNK

1. The engine was all full of gunk.
2. I need to wipe this gunk off my hands.

Origin of GUNK

from Gunk, trademark for a cleaning solvent

First Known Use: 1943

Related to GUNK

Synonyms: crud, dirt, grime, filth, muck, smut, soil

Related Words: scum, sewage, sewerage, slime, sludge, swill; dross, dust [British], garbage, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste; crock [dialect], soot; dinginess, dirtiness, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness

Near Antonyms: cleanliness, cleanness

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Rhymes with GUNK

bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, hunk, junk, monk, plunk, punk, skunk, spunk, sunk, thunk, trunk