gunge

See also: gungë

English

Etymology 1

See gong.

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

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.”

Derived terms

• gungey/gungy

Verb

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 […]

Etymology 3

From Hindi गंज (gañj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (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

1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. 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

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gunge (Mooring dialect)

infinitive I	gunge
infinitive II	(tu) gungen
infinitive III	än gung
past participle	gängen
imperative	gung
	present	past
1st-person singular	gung	gäng
2nd-person singular	gungst	gängst
3rd-person singular	gungt	gäng
plural	gunge	gängen
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ban gängen	wus gängen
2nd-person singular	bast gängen	wjarst gängen
3rd-person singular	as gängen	wus gängen
plural	san gängen	wjarn gängen
	future (schale)	future (wårde)
1st-person singular	schal gunge	wård gunge
2nd-person singular	schäät gunge	wårst gunge
3rd-person singular	schal gunge	wårt gunge
plural	schan gunge	wårde gunge

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

1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gunge (irregular)

Grúundfoarme			gunge
Infinitive			tou gungen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	gunge	wie	gunge	iek	geen	wie	gene
du	gungst	jie	gunge	du	geenst	jie	gene
hie/ju/dät	gungt	jo	gunge	hie/ju/dät	geen	jo	gene
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
gungend		Singular	gunge	weze		geen
		Plural	gunget

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “gunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN