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gunge

American  
[guhnj] / gʌndʒ /

noun

  1. soft, sticky matter; goo.


verb (used with object)

  • gunges,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • gunged,
    past participle,  past
  • gunging
    present participle
  1. to clog with gunge (often followed byup ).

gunge British  
/ ɡʌndʒ /

noun

  1. sticky, rubbery, or congealed matter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to block or encrust with gunge; clog

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gunge

1935–40; expressive coinage; cf. gunk, grunge


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Lecanemab attacks the sticky gunge - called beta amyloid - that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2022

Overheating a cheese sauce, especially in the oven, can cause its emulsion to break, turning a velvety pasta into a grainy gunge.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

Once the hair was styled, the fatty gunge would have held the individuals' curls in place.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 19, 2011

Miley Cyrus looks pretty happy - not only did she escape the gunge, but she won best movie actress for her role in The Last Song.

From Children's BBC ● Apr. 4, 2011

Each gunge is rented out at 30,000-40,000 rupees, and their collections paid to the gentlemen.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

For Alzheimer’s disease they have been designed to target a sticky protein – called amyloid - that gunges up the gaps between brain cells.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024

The gentlemen have established gunges for their own advantage, called Colonel Gunge, at Darunghur, Futtyghur, &c.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

The collection of the customs from all quarters they have stopped, and collected them at their own gunges.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

She has since returned to work, and fundraised for Cancer Research UK – including being gunged with 15 litres of orange gloop in the garden of the Red Lyon pub in Slinfold.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

"After everything I have done with Gotchas and gunging, I am well aware they are going to put me through absolute hell and I deserve it."

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2018

He also performed a routine on the orange carpet before taking a full green gunging on stage.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2011

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