degunker

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noun

Something that removes gunk.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

noundegunker (plural degunkers)

plural degunkers

  1. informalSomething that removes gunk.

    Citra-Drain is an eco-Drano-type degunker, unclogging everything but my nonvegan arteries.

    2009 March 3, “It’s Not Easy Being Clean”, in New York Times
    2 more examples

    It used to be that you could take off the cowling, wrap plastic bags around the electrical stuff (magnetos, regulator, and alternator) and vacuum pump, and blast away with engine degunker.

    2005, Ron Wanttaja, Airplane Ownership, page 191

    The Disk Defragmenter utility (see Figure 3-5) is a degunker's friend, enabling your computer to consolidate fragmented files and gain more efficient access to your folder system.

    2005, Wayne Palaia, Christina Palaia, Degunking Microsoft Office

Origin

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Chicago

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