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gunk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gunk has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gunk, n. sl. viscous or liquid material.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. the name of a detergent (propr.)
THESAURUS
gunk
adherent, adhesive, albumen, barnacle, batter, bonnyclabber, bramble, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, cab, cement, clabber, cornstarch, cream, curd, decal, decalcomania, dough, egg white, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, jam, jell, jelly, leech, limpet, loblolly, mire, molasses, mucilage, muck, mucus, ooze, pap, paste, plaster, porridge, prickle, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, remora, rob, scum, semifluid, semiliquid, size, slab, slime, slob, slop, slosh, sludge, slush, soup, splosh, starch, sticker, sticky mess, syrup, thorn, treacle
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