ungunk

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ gunk.

Verb

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

1. (informal, transitive) To remove gunk from.

   Synonym: degunk

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

     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.

Related terms

• ungunked