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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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Smoglandia: The cause of SoCal’s smog is identified and it isn’t the factories spewing black gunk into the sky in support of the war effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Clear out the gunk in your AirPods with this high-quality cleaning set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

There’s certainly someone who could, who would happily sell you the service of taking your cheap, low-end EV and ripping out all the gunk that you don’t want.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

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

I shake off all the feeling of ickiness he creates in me, every bit, and it rolls off like it’s oily gunk.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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