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名詞

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

語源 2

First attested around 1935-40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

発音

• IPA: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
• 韻: -ʌndʒ

名詞

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

1. (UK, Ireland) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.

   Synonyms: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime

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

     Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
   • 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in 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.”

派生語

• gungey/gungy

動詞

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. (British) 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 […]

語源 3

From Hindi गंज (gañj).

発音

• IPA: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

名詞

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj

参照

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gunge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

アナグラム

• Geung