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/ɡʌŋk/ · noun
(uncountable, informal) Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance..
I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.
Don't get gunk on me. I took a bath last Saturday and I'm all clean.
Use gunk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gunk means (uncountable, informal) Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance..
Common synonyms include goo, goop, grime, gunge.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.
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