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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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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

People fall in love with the gunk that differentiates us from one another.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 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

If you don’t—sometimes on Dad’s boat we even hose them off—they’ll gunk up and disintegrate.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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