Noun

(en noun)

A foolish or contemptible man.

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, year=1931 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Grace Hegger Lewis , title=Half a Loaf , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=189 , passage=Don't see a movie in it myself, but those Hollywood ginks will take anything. }}

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, year=1973 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Richard Cowper , title=Clone , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Doubleday , isbn= , page=33 , passage=No wonder the country's on its bloody knees! You ginks are a bloody disgrace to the human race!' }}

(slang) a fellow; person.

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, year=1914 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted. }}

Noun

(uncountable, informal) dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance

I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.

(uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.

(countable) A member of the gunk subculture.