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to gunkholing

to gunkholing

9.9
To travel by boat through small, shallow waters and stop in quiet coves for fun
  • verb
  • Jargon
translation icon : navegar en aguas poco profundas
  • Many sailors enjoy gunkholing because it allows them to discover hidden coves and peaceful anchorages.

Examples

  • We spent the weekend gunkholing around the bay.

  • After a long week, she looked forward to gunkholing with friends in the nearby inlets.

  • They spent the summer gunkholing along the quiet bays of the coastline.

  • They love to gunkhole in the summer.

  • They spent the summer gunkholing along the quiet bays of the coastline.

  • Many sailors enjoy gunkholing because it allows them to discover hidden coves and peaceful anchorages.

  • After a long week, she looked forward to gunkholing with friends in the nearby inlets.

Surface Forms

gunkholing infinitive
gunkholed past
gunkholed past participle
gunkholing present participle
gunkholes third person singular

Morphology

gunkholing = gunkhole (semi-transparent) = gunk + hole + ing

The progressive/gerund -ing is transparent, but the verb derives from the nautical compound 'gunkhole', whose specific meaning is specialized.

Etymology

The verb gunkholing comes from the sailor term gunkhole, from gunk 'sticky mud' and hole 'small place', so to go gunkholing is to sail into small, shallow, sheltered waterways for pleasure, often to find hidden anchorages.