Synonyms for gook

Most common

goo · slime · muck · gunk · floppy · dink · terr

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A person of (South) East Asian descent (originally revolutionaries of the Katipunan then generally to any native of the Philippines, after the enemy and collaborators hid amongst them), but now especially: A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).

Forms

Plural

gooks → goos, gunks, goops, mucks…

Example sentences

• goo The alien’s body was full of disgusting green goo.
• slime The slime mold Physarum polycephalum has 720 sexes.
• muck Tom can't afford to employ anyone; the family has to muck in.
• gunk The pool tile was disgusting looking, being full of gunk.
• floppy He deleted his floppy disks' content with a magnet.
• dink He graduated from some rinky-dink college in Oklahoma.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

goo¹

4 letters

muck¹, ooze¹, dink¹, goop¹, gunk, terr, guck¹

5 letters

slime¹

6 letters

sludge¹, floppy²

10 letters

zipperhead

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (floppy² = 2 syllables).