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gunks up

gunks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 gunks up

What is gunks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gunks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gunk up.

Words near gunks up in the dictionary

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

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