How do you use Gunk in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sludge or slime, plus the exact meaning.
Gunk meaning
- Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.
- A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
- A member of the gunk subculture.
Using Gunk
- The main meaning on this page is: Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance. | A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock. | A member of the gunk subculture.
- Useful related words include: sludge, slime, goo, gook.
- In the example corpus, gunk often appears in combinations such as: gunk from, that gunk, gunk in.
Context around Gunk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gunk
- In this selection, "gunk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, move, black, looking, shot, left and slowing stand out and add context to how "gunk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all that gunk just came and and other gunk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gunk" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gunk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But all that gunk just came right off! (8 words)
If there’s gunk in the drain making it slow, then the sink will overflow. (15 words)
Glass is key, because the oil doesn't gunk up like it does on plastic. (15 words)
Azumarill has a glaring weakness to Greninja's Poison-type move Gunk Shot, but if holding a Covert Cloak, Azumarill can avoid being poisoned, and a Water Tera type would even sort out its one weakness in this situation. (39 words)
Mr Hungerford said his health battle began in December 2019 when he felt a pain in his right thigh – and, after some 'nasty-looking gunk' was removed from his leg, he was still in intense pain one month later. (39 words)
The problem is caused by a build-up of mineral deposits emitted by hard water and while it is relatively harmless, it can result in an unsightly layer of slimy gunk. (31 words)
But all that gunk just came right off! (8 words)
Example sentences (19)
Azumarill has a glaring weakness to Greninja's Poison-type move Gunk Shot, but if holding a Covert Cloak, Azumarill can avoid being poisoned, and a Water Tera type would even sort out its one weakness in this situation.
Harold (Joe) Nephew said he bought a pressure washer, but only a scrub brush gets the black gunk out of the crevices in vinyl siding.
I had a more traditional spoon shaped rest that was difficult to clean, and there always was a pool of gunk from who knows where.
Mr Hungerford said his health battle began in December 2019 when he felt a pain in his right thigh – and, after some 'nasty-looking gunk' was removed from his leg, he was still in intense pain one month later.
Unchecked this develops into a ‘productive’ cough, with loads of thick, tenacious gunk being coughed up, which we refer to as ‘sputum’.
Words are one thing, but just look at all of that gunk left over on her hands after massaging the cleansing oil onto her skin.
But all that gunk just came right off!
If there’s gunk in the drain making it slow, then the sink will overflow.
Stella’s early Copper Paintings (1961) used the barnacle-repellent gunk with which he had caulked his father’s sloop the summer before.
The problem is caused by a build-up of mineral deposits emitted by hard water and while it is relatively harmless, it can result in an unsightly layer of slimy gunk.
This is where all the inflammation and the gunk from your sinuses goes to the back of your throat and this causes a cough.
To eliminate the "thick gunk", she carefully rinsed it away, placing a bucket beneath to prevent a "flood".
When all this sun gunk, called solar flares, splatters onto the earth, this causes the northern lights.
Your smartphone suddenly stops charging, and after the ensuing panic has worn off, you realize your phone isn't broken, but there is some gunk in the charging port.
Pneumonia is a very general term for inflammation of the alveoli that results in the accumulation of fluid and other gunk.
Polish the business end of that plug; you don’t want any grime or gunk slowing your connection.
Glass is key, because the oil doesn't gunk up like it does on plastic.
This is a neat trick that anyone stripping down a car should know, as all the rubbery gunk stuck on the body of a car rarely wants to let go.
That just completely defeats the feature, and you just made the programmer write more gobbledy gunk.
Common combinations with gunk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gunk from 2×
- that gunk 2×
- gunk in 2×