skank

See also: skänk and skånk

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skæŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

Blend of skeevy +‎ rank.

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

  1. Any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Etymology 2

Blend of scold +‎ brank. Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.

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Noun

skank (plural skanks)

  1. (pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
    • 1996, Jay Mohr as Bob Sugar, Jerry Maguire, written by Cameron Crowe, Culver City, Calif.: TriStar Pictures; distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video, published 1997, →ISBN:
      It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
    • 1997 June–July, Michael A. Gonzales, “Toni's secret: Miss Braxton lets it all hang out”, in Vibe‎, volume 5, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Time Publishing Ventures; Intermedia Vibe Holdings, ISSN 1070-4701, page 92:
      After a triumphant performance at this year's American Music Awards, Toni [Braxton] walked offstage backward. "It was a see-through dress," explains Singletary. "She felt like her booty was her business." "I wear provocative clothes because they make me feel sexy," Toni says without apology. "If an artist like Madonna is wearing her booty hanging out, she's considered a genius. But if a black person does it, we're considered skank whores or sluts."
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Etymology 3

Jamaican origin

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

  1. A dance performed to ska.

Verb

skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked)

  1. To dance the skank
    Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

Etymology 4

Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

  1. The act of cheating a person.
    That's not a good deal; it's a skank.

Verb

skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked)

  1. (transitive) To cheat, especially a friend.
    He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.
Derived terms

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Danish skank, English shank, used as a noun in Swedish since 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg).

Noun

skank c

  1. a leg (human or animal)
    rör på skankarna!
    move your legs! (walk on, keep moving)

Declension

Declension of skank 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skank skanken skankar skankarna
Genitive skanks skankens skankars skankarnas
  • korsskank
  • snarskank

References

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