Meanings
plural degunkers
- 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 Times2 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 191The 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
Cite this entry
degunker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degunker
“degunker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degunker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degunker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degunker.
Source: degunker on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.