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gunks

gunks is the plural of gunk.

Meaning of gunk

Noun

gunk (countable and uncountable, plural gunks)

  1. (informal, uncountable) Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.
    • I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.
    Synonyms:
    goo, goop, grime, gunge, muck
  2. (uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
  3. An entity with no atomic parts; infinitely divisible.
  4. (countable) A member of the gunk subculture.

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Phrases with gunks

Questions about gunks

What is gunks the plural of?
Gunks is the plural of gunk.

Words near gunks in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gunks (page history and authors); gunk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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