gunkn.
/ɡʌŋk/, U.S. /ɡəŋk/ Originally U.S.
1.
a. [Proprietary term.] (See quots. 1945, 1970.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > detergents
shampoo1838
gunk1932
detergent1938
Teepol1942
polysoap1951
washing-up liquid1971
1932 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 Aug. 864/1 A. F. Curran Co.,..Gunk. For Liquid Soaps and Liquid Cleaners for Hard Surfaced Materials or Articles.
1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. v. 347 Gunk, a self-emulsifying colloidal detergent solvent... Launched by the Curran Corporation, Malden, Mass., in 1932.
1969 J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More i. 14 I..poured Gunk all over the engine to freshen it up.
1970 UK 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.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass
sklucec1430
pap1435
slurryc1440
cream1540
batter1601
slabbermenta1620
swill1665
soss1691
porridge1700
cremor1701
sludge1702
semifluid1731
sludder1796
sloppery1832
slob1885
slabber1887
slather1928
gunk1949
1949 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 235/2 You can actually see the gook and gunk that drains out with your [motor] oil.
1950 R. Starnes Another Mug for Bier (1952) xx. 82 I smeared additional gunk on my eye.
1958 C. C. Adams et al. Space Flight iii. 84 Work has also been carried on with jelly and related propellants, sometimes affectionately known as ‘gunk’.
1958 I. 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’.
1959 N.Y. Times 30 May 2/1 Its openings have been washed with a black preservative ‘gunk’.
1965 Guardian 19 Aug. 6/5 ‘Gunk’ is..a crude rubber which he moulds on to costumes.
1966 C. Henry Third Twin v. 66 Too much eye gunk and lipstick—that sort of girl.
2. A derogatory term for a person. slang.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused
warlockOE
swinec1175
beastc1225
wolf's-fista1300
avetrolc1300
congeonc1300
dirtc1300
slimec1315
snipec1325
lurdanc1330
misbegetc1330
sorrowa1350
shrew1362
jordan1377
wirlingc1390
frog?a1400
warianglea1400
wretcha1400
horcop14..
turdc1400
callet1415
lotterela1450
paddock?a1475
souter1478
chuff?a1500
langbain?c1500
cockatrice1508
sow1508
spink1508
wilrone1508
rook?a1513
streaker?a1513
dirt-dauber?1518
marmoset1523
babiona1529
poll-hatcheta1529
bear-wolf1542
misbegotten1546
pig1546
excrement1561
mamzer1562
chuff-cat1563
varlet1566
toada1568
mandrake1568
spider1568
rat1571
bull-beef1573
mole-catcher1573
suppository1573
curtal1578
spider-catcher1579
mongrela1585
roita1585
stickdirta1585
dogfish1589
Poor John1589
dog's facec1590
tar-boxa1592
baboon1592
pot-hunter1592
venom1592
porcupine1594
lick-fingers1595
mouldychaps1595
tripe1595
conundrum1596
fat-guts1598
thornback1599
land-rat1600
midriff1600
stinkardc1600
Tartar1600
tumbril1601
lobster1602
pilcher1602
windfucker?1602
stinker1607
hog rubber1611
shad1612
splay-foot1612
tim1612
whit1612
verdugo1616
renegado1622
fish-facea1625
flea-trapa1625
hound's head1633
mulligrub1633
nightmare1633
toad's-guts1634
bitch-baby1638
shagamuffin1642
shit-breech1648
shitabed1653
snite1653
pissabed1672
bastard1675
swab1687
tar-barrel1695
runt1699
fat-face1740
shit-sack1769
vagabond1842
shick-shack1847
soor1848
b1851
stink-pot1854
molie1871
pig-dog1871
schweinhund1871
wind-sucker1880
fucker1893
cocksucker1894
wart1896
so-and-so1897
swine-hound1899
motherfucker1918
S.O.B.1918
twat1922
mong1926
mucker1929
basket1936
cowson1936
zombie1936
meatball1937
shower1943
chickenshit1945
mugger1945
motherferyer1946
hooer1952
morpion1954
mother1955
mother-raper1959
louser1960
effer1961
salaud1962
gunk1964
scunge1967
1964 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xlii. 30 Chinaman, Jap..gunk.
1968 P. Marlowe Hire me a Hearse vi. 88 A couple of gunks who used to be bouncers at the ‘Golden Pagoda’.
1968 J. 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.
Compounds
gunk-hole n. colloquial a small cove or fishing hamlet.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > (small) fishing village
fishing-village1699
outport1810
gunk-hole1908
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > bay or gulf > small
hopec1425
docka1552
cove1590
hole1639
baylet1826
keyhole1851
porth1860
covelet1876
gunk-hole1908
1908 G. 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.
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 78/1 Gunk hole, a small narrow channel dangerous to navigate owing to current and to numerous rocks and ledges.
1958 K. M. Wells Cruising Georgian Bay 94 And then you may cruise back to your hidden gunk hole near the inlet entrance and enjoy peace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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