verb
Meaning 1
To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- I don't want to gunk up my new shoes, so I'll wear the old ones in the garden.
- The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: befoul, gunk, foul, jam, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, elt, file, foil, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle, barricade, block, choke, clog, close off, cumber, forslow, forwork, hamper, hinder, impede, interfere, interrupt, intervene, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug, roadblock, seal, stonewall, thwart, yield
Antonyms: none provided