gunk up

verb

gunked up; gunking up; gunks up

US, informal

: to cause (something) to be dirty, sticky, or greasy

Don't gunk up your hair with a lot of styling products.

The mechanism gets gunked up if you don't clean it regularly.

Examples of gunk up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not only can the viscous substances gunk up the machine, leaving a residue and potentially feeding bacteria, but prolonged exposure to these molecules in the air can have negative effects, according to the American Lung Association. — Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for gunk up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup