Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A thick greasy substance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun informal any thick gooey and messy substance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable, informal dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance
  • noun uncountable A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
  • noun countable A member of the gunk subculture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any thick, viscous matter

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Gunk, a trademark for a degreasing solvent.]

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  • "...a kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gunk or starch in the form of tradition."

    - George Eliot, Middlemarch

    February 13, 2008

  • I'm surrounded by ontologists who are concerned about the possibility of gunk. Apparently in mereology it's a term for stuff that isn't ultimately composed of fundamental particles: the parts all have further parts.

    November 3, 2008