In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
(noun) any thick, viscous matter
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gook (plural gooks)
(slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person.
(US, derogatory) A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Viet Cong.
(dated) A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime.
(Rhodesia, derogatory) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
• In the US, gook refers especially to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered to be highly offensive, on par with nigger.
gook (plural gooks)
(informal) Grime or mud.
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2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.