Gucked

/ɡʌkt/ adjective

Definition

Covered with, filled with, or clogged by guck; made messy or sticky.

Etymology

From guck + -ed (past participle/adjective suffix). A recent formation following standard English verb patterns, emerging in the 1970s-1980s.

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