gunge
See also: gungë
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/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Noun
gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)
- (Britain) 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 1992, p.390:
- Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?
- (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.”
- 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:
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.
- (Britain) 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 […]
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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
Etymology
From Old Frisian gunga or gān, which derives from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”).
Verb
gunge
- (Mooring) to go
Conjugation
Mooring conjugation of gunge
infinitive I | gunge | ||
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infinitive II | tu gungen | ||
infinitive III | än gung | ||
past participle | gängen | ||
imperative | gung | ||
present | past | ||
1st-person singular | ik gung | ik gäng | |
2nd-person singular | dü gungst | dü gängst | |
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et gungt | hi/jü/et gäng | |
1st-person dual | wat gunge | wat gängen | |
2nd-person dual | jat gunge | jat gängen | |
1st-person plural | we gunge | we gängen | |
2nd-person plural | jam gunge | jam gängen | |
3rd-person plural | ja gunge | ja gängen | |
perfect | pluperfect | ||
1st-person singular | ik ban gängen | ik wus gängen | |
2nd-person singular | dü bast gängen | dü wjarst gängen | |
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et as gängen | hi/jü/et wus gängen | |
1st-person dual | wat san gängen | wat wjarn gängen | |
2nd-person dual | jat san gängen | jat wjarn gängen | |
1st-person plural | we san gängen | we wjarn gängen | |
2nd-person plural | jam san gängen | jam wjarn gängen | |
3rd-person plural | ja san gängen | ja wjarn gängen | |
future | |||
1st-person singular | ik wård gunge | ||
2nd-person singular | dü wårst gunge | ||
3rd-person singular | hi/jü/et wårt gunge | ||
1st-person dual | wat wårde gunge | ||
2nd-person dual | jat wårde gunge | ||
1st-person plural | we wårde gunge | ||
2nd-person plural | jam wårde gunge | ||
3rd-person plural | ja wårde gunge |
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
Conjugation of gunge (irregular)
Grúundfoarme | gunge | ||||||
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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