Ungunk

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove gunk from. informal, transitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
degunk

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From un- + gunk.

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