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eye gunk

eye gunk noun: rheum of the eye; sleep.

Noun

eye gunk (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, informal) rheum of the eye; sleep
    • I woke up this morning with so much eye gunk on my face.
    • Signs that the eye gunk is something more to be worried about is if the gunk has a pus-like consistency, is a white-gray mucus, is yellow or green, or if your Beagle has unusually red eyes.2019, Tracey Squaire, chapter 15, in The Complete Guide to Beagles: Choosing, Housebreaking, Training, Feeding ...
  2. (colloquial, informal) eye makeup; eye shadow, mascara
    • I think she is wearing a little too much eye gunk.
    • "Would you mind not wearing so much eye gunk? Just because you're mad at me. And I hate that yellow dress."
      "Mavis does her eyes up like a circus clown."1963, Dayton Rommel, Cry of Peacocks, page 346

Questions about eye gunk

What does eye gunk mean?
Eye gunk means rheum of the eye; sleep.
What part of speech is eye gunk?
Eye gunk is a noun.

Words near eye gunk in the dictionary

  1. eye fuck
  2. eye fucked
  3. eye fucking
  4. eye fucks
  5. Eye Green
  6. eye gunk
  7. eye hoe
  8. eye hoes
  9. eye hook
  10. eye hooks
  11. eye in the sky

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