degunker

English

Etymology

From degunk +‎ -er.

Noun

degunker (plural degunkers)

1. (informal) Something that removes gunk.
   • 2005, Ron Wanttaja, Airplane Ownership, page 191:

     It used to be that you could take off the cowling, wrap plastic bags around the electrical stuff (magnetos, regulator, and alternator) and vacuum pump, and blast away with engine degunker.

   • 2005, Wayne Palaia, Christina Palaia, Degunking Microsoft Office:

     The Disk Defragmenter utility (see Figure 3-5) is a degunker's friend, enabling your computer to consolidate fragmented files and gain more efficient access to your folder system.

   • 2009 March 3, “It’s Not Easy Being Clean”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Citra-Drain is an eco-Drano-type degunker, unclogging everything but my nonvegan arteries.