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guck

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Blend of goose +‎ duck.

Noun

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guck (plural gucks)

  1. The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck
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Etymology 2

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Blend of goo +‎ muck?

Noun

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guck (uncountable)

  1. (slang) An unpleasant sticky substance; goo, gunk.
    • 1996, Carole Marsh, Vermont History!, page 59:
      As everyone familiar with these things knows, they're sticky on the outside -- and that sticky guck gets on your hands, making everything stick to them!
References
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  • Tony Thorne (2014) “guck”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  []: Bloomsbury

German

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Verb

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guck

  1. singular imperative of gucken