geedunk
Candy, ice cream, or the little shop onboard where you buy them.
Definitions
Snacks, sweets, ice cream — the sugary stuff sailors live on at sea. By extension, the shipboard shop or canteen where you buy it. Underway, a trip to the geedunk is genuine entertainment.
geedunk In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
US Navy slang since at least the 1920s. One theory points to the sound of a vending machine dropping a snack; another to the 1920s comic strip 'Harold Teen' which featured a soda shop called the Sugar Bowl that served sundaes called 'gedunks'.
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What does geedunk mean?
Geedunk means candy or ice cream, or the little onboard shop where you buy such snacks.
How do you use geedunk in a sentence?
"Let's hit the geedunk for some ice cream after watch."
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