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# gunk

noun (gunk — uncountable, informal)

«gunk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(informal) Any thick, sticky, dirty or slimy stuff that you do not want, such as grease in a drain or goo on a shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and funny stories about cleaning and mess. Phrases: full of gunk, clean the gunk out, gunk up (to block with gunk).

### Examples

- The plughole was full of gunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x1)
- What's this green gunk on my shoe? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x2)
- Dad cleaned the gunk out of the bike chain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x3)
- The pond was covered in slimy gunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x4)
- Old food gunked up the sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x5)
- Wipe the gunk off the keyboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/#x6)

### Note

Informal and uncountable: some gunk, not a gunk. Adjective: gunky. Similar informal words: goo, gloop, muck.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gunk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gunk.html) on Mova free.