gunge

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/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

1. (British) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.

   Synonyms: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime

   • 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International, published 1992, page 390:

     Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
   • 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in 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

gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged)

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 […]

Etymology 3

From Hindi गंज (gañj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gunge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson , London: John Murray, .

Anagrams

• Geung

Albanian

Noun

gunge

1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Suppletive:

• For forms with -ng-, from Old Frisian gunga, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognates include Danish gange and Scots gang.
• For forms without -ng-, from Old Frisian gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān. Cognates include West Frisian gean and German gehen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: gun‧ge
• Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Verb

gunge

1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “gunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN