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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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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

The other takes place during a flight — Lindsay wiping gunk from the toilet seat and transferring it to the rim of the cup Ashley drinks from.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The 34-year-old has 15m followers on TikTok who watch him remove gunk and debris from swimming pools and then use a jet washer to restore them back to their original beauty.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Wastewater is filled with human feces, garbage and other gross gunk that carries dangerous disease, and is piped away from our civilization for that reason.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

He placed the gunk ball under Hazel’s tongue.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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