English

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 ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain) A soft, sticky or liquid mass; goo; gunk.
   • (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.”

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

     Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

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. (Britain) 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

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

gunge

1. to go