gunge

noun
/ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

First attested around 1935–40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

  1. borrowed from गंज

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gong

    Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

  2. A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown…

    A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.

    • Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?
  3. Tholin.

    • They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. To clog with gunge.

    2. To cover with gunge.

      • I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]
    3. Alternative spelling of ganj.

The neighborhood

Derived

gungey, gungy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gunge. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA