to gung
- verb
- UK
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ensuciar
- If you don't change the oil regularly, sludge can gung up the engine parts.
Examples
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The drain was gunged with hair and soap residue after months of use.
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The kitchen floor was gunged with oil after cooking.
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Be careful not to gung the gears with too much grease.
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Don't gung the table with that sticky sauce!
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If you don't change the oil regularly, sludge can gung up the engine parts.
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Be careful not to gung the gears with too much grease.
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Don't gung the table with that sticky sauce!
Synonyms
63
3.7
To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way
13
6.5
To cover something with a thick slippery substance
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1.9
Make something dirty with mud or sediment
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3.5
To make something dirty with mud
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9.9
Make someone or something wet and dirty by moving through muddy ground
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9.9
To cover something thickly with a sticky, messy substance
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6.6
To make something dirty by covering it with dirt or soot
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3.5
To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
Something that blocks the normal flow of liquid or traffic
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Etymology
As a verb, gung is like the verb gunk up and the noun gunk — an imitation word for thick, sticky stuff — so to gung something is to cover, clog, or make it dirty with grease or grime.