different between ginge vs gunge

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Adjective

ginge (comparative more ginge, superlative most ginge)

1. (slang, derogatory) ginger, red-haired

Noun

ginge (plural ginges)

1. (slang, derogatory) A red-haired person.

Anagrams

• geg in

Dutch

Verb

ginge

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of gaan

German

Pronunciation

Verb

ginge

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of gehen
2. third-person singular past subjunctive of gehen

Middle English

Adjective

ginge

1. Alternative form of yong

Swedish

Verb

ginge

1. (dated) past subjunctive of gå
   • 1669-1670, Lasse Lucidor, Skulle jag sörja, då vore jag tokot

   • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa, chapter 26

   • 1917 translation, the Bible, 1 Corinthians, 11:31

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): /??nd??/

Noun

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

1. (Britain) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
   • 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International 1992, p.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. (Britain) To cover with gunge.

Synonyms

• goo
• goop
• grunge
• gunk
• slime

Anagrams

• Geung

Albanian

Noun

gunge

1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gunga or g?n, which derives from Proto-Germanic *gangan? (“to go, walk, step”).

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gunga, ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?. More at English gang.

Verb

gunge

1. to go