gunge

== English == === Etymology 1 === See gong. ==== Noun ==== gunge (plural gunges) (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse. === Etymology 2 === First attested around 1935–40. Probably an alteration of gunk. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ʌndʒ ==== Noun ==== gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges) (UK, Ireland) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk. Synonyms: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime (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.” ===== Derived terms ===== gungey/gungy ==== Verb ==== gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged) (often with up) To clog with gunge. (British) To cover with gunge. === Etymology 3 === From Hindi गंज (gañj). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/ ==== Noun ==== gunge (plural gunges) (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj. ===== References ===== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “gunge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. === Anagrams === Geung == Albanian == === Noun === gunge indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë == Middle English == === Adjective === gunge alternative form of yong == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === gung (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian gunga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”). === Verb === gunge (Mooring) to go ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ütgunge == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology Suppletive: === For forms with -ng-, from Old Frisian gunga, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognates include Danish gange and Scots gang. For forms without -ng-, from Old Frisian gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān. Cognates include West Frisian gean and German gehen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣʊŋə/ Hyphenation: gun‧ge Rhymes: -ʊŋə === Verb === gunge (intransitive) to go ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “gunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN