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gunk orig. U.S.|gʌŋk|
1. a. [Proprietary term.] (See quots. 1948 and 1970.)
1932Official Gaz. (U.S. Pat. Off.) 23 Aug. 864/1 A. F. Curran Co.,..Gunk. For Liquid Soaps and Liquid Cleaners for Hard Surfaced Materials or Articles. 1948Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. v. 347 Gunk, a self-emulsifying colloidal detergent solvent... Launched by the Curran Corporation, Malden, Mass., in 1932. 1969J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More i. 14, I..poured Gunk all over the engine to freshen it up. 1970UK Trade Names 221/1 Gunk—degreasing compound—Bennett (Hyde) Ltd, Boston Mills, Hyde, Cheshire.
b. Any of a variety of viscous or liquid substances. slang.
1949in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 235/2 You can actually see the gook and gunk that drains out with your [motor] oil. 1950R. Starnes Another Mug for Bier (1952) xx. 82, I smeared additional gunk on my eye. 1958C. C. Adams Space Flight iii. 84 Work has also been carried on with jelly and related propellants, sometimes affectionately known as ‘gunk’. 1958I. Asimov Whiff of Death (1968) v. 46 Foster referred to the useless materials prepared by side-reactions in the course of a synthesis as ‘gunk’. 1959N.Y. Times 30 May 2/1 Its openings have been washed with a black preservative ‘gunk’. 1965Guardian 19 Aug. 6/5 ‘Gunk’ is..a crude rubber which he moulds on to costumes. 1966C. Henry Third Twin v. 66 Too much eye gunk and lipstick—that sort of girl.
2. A derogatory term for a person. slang.
1964Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xlii. 30 Chinaman, Jap..gunk. 1968P. Marlowe Hire me Hearse vi. 88 A couple of gunks who used to be bouncers at the ‘Golden Pagoda’. 1968J. D. MacDonald Pale Grey for Guilt (1969) vi. 74 It was a drag to listen big-eyed to that tired gunk and say Oh and Ahh.
3. Comb. gunk-hole colloq., a small cove or fishing hamlet.
1908G. S. Wasson Home from Sea x. 317, I rec'lect well hearing of her call it nothing only a dead-and-alive little two-cent gunk-hole of a place. 1927G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 78/1 Gunk hole, a small narrow channel dangerous to navigate owing to current and to numerous rocks and ledges. 1958K. M. Wells Cruising Georgian Bay 94 And then you may cruise back to your hidden gunk hole near the inlet entrance and enjoy peace. |