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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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"Millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk on the surface of the Earth."

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

To deal with any remaining sticky or dried-on gunk, I do a simple two-pass wipe-down.

From Salon May 5, 2026

Bringing it all to a head: a civil trial began last week in a federal court where Elon Musk was trying to oust Altman, his former partner, and gunk up OpenAI’s going-public ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

He’s underqualified to fly planes or lead science experiments or even dish the gunk.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

I rake a mountain into the front yard and there are still more, like the earth pukes up leaf gunk when I’m not looking.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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