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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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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Baldwin and Thompson will try to throw gunk into the works.
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All of that gunk then gets washed away with the oil cleanser, while the second cleaning step makes sure that every trace is cleared away, leaving your skin pristine.
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Sally chomps down on the fruit and blue gunk squirts out.
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Before long, the ubiquitous weed has mutated into some icky gunk that can grow inside a human body, passing from one victim to another in the usual chompy-zombie fashion.
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Don't forget about the bottom of the trash pail too; wipe out any residue or leftover gunk.
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With a little scrubbing, baked-on gunk comes off like magic.
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The patches breakdown debris from blackheads and absorb gunk from whiteheads overnight, so there are no harsh dry patches from using these.
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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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