Join free

gunge

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

gunge¹

Where it comes from

See gong.

noun gunges

  1. alternative, obsolete Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

gunge²

  • /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ʌndʒ

Where it comes from

First attested around 1935–40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

noun gunges

  1. Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk. Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

    Similar: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime

  2. informal, uncountable, usually Tholin. They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”

verb gunges · gunging · gunged

  1. often, with up To clog with gunge.
  2. UK To cover with gunge. I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]

gunge³

  • /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi गंज (gañj).

noun gunges

  1. British, India, alternative Alternative spelling of ganj

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"gunge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gunge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gunge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gunge

Chicago

"gunge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gunge.

BibTeX
@misc{gunge_2026,
  title = {gunge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}