gunk
pronunciation
How to pronounce gunk in British English:
UK [gʌŋk]
How to pronounce gunk in American English:
US [ɡʌŋk]
-
- Noun:
- any thick messy substance
Word Origin
- gunk (n.)
- "viscous substance," 1949, American English, apparently from Gunk, trademark for a thick liquid soap patented 1932 by A.F. Curran Co. of Malden, Mass.
Example
- 1. Where did all that gunk come from ?
- 2. What 's this gunk in his hands ?
- 3. Ew , what 's this gunk ?
- 4. This thing 's full of gunk . I know .
- 5. So we found some gunk in the revolver 's forcing cone .