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ungunking

ungunking is the present participle and gerund of ungunk.

Meaning of ungunk

Verb

ungunk (third-person singular simple present ungunks, present participle ungunking, simple past and past participle ungunked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove gunk from.
    • Carmiesha just rubbed the baby's head. His little cornrows was so ashy and caked up with dust it was a shame. She was willing to take his braids out and re-do them, but she'd probably comb out all his hair trying to ungunk it.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 127
    Synonyms:
    degunk

Questions about ungunking

What is ungunking the present participle and gerund of?
Ungunking is the present participle and gerund of ungunk.

Words near ungunking in the dictionary

  1. ungumming
  2. ungummy
  3. ungums
  4. ungunk
  5. ungunked
  6. ungunking
  7. ungunks
  8. Unguraș
  9. Ungureni
  10. ungushing
  11. ungusseted

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