gunge

See also: gungë

English

Etymology 1

See gong

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

1. (British) A soft, sticky or liquid mass; goo; gunk.
   • 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International 1992, p.390:

     Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
   • (Can we date this quote?), New Scientist:

     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.”

Derived terms

• gungey/gungy

Verb

1. (often with "up") To clog with gunge.
2. (British) To cover with gunge.
   • 2012, Simon Packham, The Bex Factor:

     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 […]

Synonyms

• goo
• goop
• grunge
• gunk
• slime

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Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. Alternative form of yong

References

• “yong (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 June 2018.

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North Frisian

Etymology

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From Old Frisian gunga or gān, which derives from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”).

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Mooring conjugation of gunge

infinitive I	gunge
infinitive II	tu gungen
infinitive III	än gung
past participle	gängen
imperative	gung
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik gung	ik gäng
2nd-person singular	dü gungst	dü gängst
3rd-person singular	hi/jü/et gungt	hi/jü/et gäng
1st-person dual	wat gunge	wat gängen
2nd-person dual	jat gunge	jat gängen
1st-person plural	we gunge	we gängen
2nd-person plural	jam gunge	jam gängen
3rd-person plural	ja gunge	ja gängen
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik ban gängen	ik wus gängen
2nd-person singular	dü bast gängen	dü wjarst gängen
3rd-person singular	hi/jü/et as gängen	hi/jü/et wus gängen
1st-person dual	wat san gängen	wat wjarn gängen
2nd-person dual	jat san gängen	jat wjarn gängen
1st-person plural	we san gängen	we wjarn gängen
2nd-person plural	jam san gängen	jam wjarn gängen
3rd-person plural	ja san gängen	ja wjarn gängen
	future
1st-person singular	ik wård gunge
2nd-person singular	dü wårst gunge
3rd-person singular	hi/jü/et wårt gunge
1st-person dual	wat wårde gunge
2nd-person dual	jat wårde gunge
1st-person plural	we wårde gunge
2nd-person plural	jam wårde gunge
3rd-person plural	ja wårde gunge

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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From Old Frisian gunga, ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą. More at English gang.

Verb

gunge

1. to go