ungunk

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verb

To remove gunk from.

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degunk
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Meanings

verbungunk (third-person singular simple present ungunks, present participle ungunking, simple past and past participle ungunked)

present singular third person ungunks · participle present ungunking · participle past ungunked · past ungunked

  1. informaltransitiveTo remove gunk from.

    Carmiesha just rubbed the baby's head. His little cornrows was so ashy and caked up with dust it was a shame. She was willing to take his braids out and re-do them, but she'd probably comb out all his hair trying to ungunk it.

    2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 127

    Synonyms: degunk

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove gunk from.

Similar
degunk

Origin

From un- + gunk.

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Cite this entry
APA

ungunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungunk

MLA

“ungunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungunk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ungunk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungunk.

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