gunge
/ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.88 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
British usage; Uncountable
verb
To clog with gunge.
Example Sentences
- "Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?"
- "They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”"
- "I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]"