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gunk (noun) – A thick greasy substance.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : “Viscous substance,” 1949, American English, apparently from Gunk, trademark for a thick liquid soap patented 1932 by A.F. Curran Co. of Malden, Mass.

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