Definition of gunk
: filthy, sticky, or greasy matter
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Examples of gunk in a Sentence
The engine was all full of gunk.
I need to wipe this gunk off my hands.
Recent Examples of gunk from the Web
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But Roth was too moralistic, too observant at the high altar of modernism, too prissy to get into the funk and gunk of true swingdom.
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What’s left in the first canister is the incontrovertible evidence: brownish, yellowish, sticky, and very stinky gunk.
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Pink eye is one potential cause of excessive eye gunk.
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By rolling the pen-like device over your skin, the consultant delivers a dose of exfoliating serum while sucking the gunk straight from your pores.
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Finish the Job After clearing out all the gunk, empty the trash, which will delete these files and apps.
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Each strip works for a different purpose — softening your pores, extracting the gunk, and then smoothing your skin — with a dose of witch hazel, tea tree and green tea.
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Massage your scalp with your fingers every time you shampoo to work all the gunk off of your scalp and increase blood flow for happier, healthier, more active follicles. 7.
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The district limits the amount of fats, oil and grease that businesses can discharge to sewers to prevent clogging or blocking the pipes with thick mounds of the gunk, said Mertens.
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Origin and Etymology of gunk
from Gunk, trademark for a cleaning solvent
GUNK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of gunk for English Language Learners
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: material that is dirty, sticky, or greasy
GUNK Defined for Kids
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Definition of gunk for Students
: a dirty, greasy, or sticky substance
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gunky
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