Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.

    I don't want to gunk up my new shoes, so I'll wear the old ones in the garden.

    The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.

Forms

gunks up, gunking up, gunked up, gunked up
Base formgunk up · to gunk up
3rd person singulargunks up
Present participlegunking up
Past simplegunked up
Past participlegunked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygunk up
he, she, itgunks up

Past simpleLesson

all personsgunked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gunked up
he, she, ithas gunked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gunk up

Synonyms

74 synonyms
foulB2jamB2blurB2contaminateB2dirtyA1fileB2soilB1spotB2stainB2blockB1chokeB1clogB2hamperC2hinderC2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gunfightgunfiregunkgunmangunnergunpointgunpowder
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