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gunking up

gunking up is the present participle and gerund of gunk up.

Meaning of gunk up

Verb

gunk up (third-person singular simple present gunks up, present participle gunking up, simple past and past participle gunked up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
    • I don't want to gunk up my new shoes, so I'll wear the old ones in the garden.
    Synonyms:
    befoul, gunk, foul, jam, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen

Questions about gunking up

What is gunking up the present participle and gerund of?
Gunking up is the present participle and gerund of gunk up.

Words near gunking up in the dictionary

  1. gunkholes
  2. gunkholing
  3. gunkier
  4. gunkiest
  5. gunking
  6. gunking up
  7. gunkless
  8. gunks
  9. gunks up
  10. gunky
  11. gunlayer

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