Degunker

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that removes gunk. informal

    "It used to be that you could take off the cowling, wrap plastic bags around the electrical stuff (magnetos, regulator, and alternator) and vacuum pump, and blast away with engine degunker."

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"It used to be that you could take off the cowling, wrap plastic bags around the electrical stuff (magnetos, regulator, and alternator) and vacuum pump, and blast away with engine degunker."

Etymology

From degunk + -er.

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