skank

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See also skänk, and skånk

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /skæŋk/

Etymology 1

Blend of skeevy and rank.

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

1. Any substance considered particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant

Etymology 2

Blend of scold and 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.

   It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang. - Tom Cruise in the movie "Jerry Maguire."

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus: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 through disloyal and selfish means with no shame to use deception in the process (most commonly to a known associate or friend).
2. Referring to having insight or recognising a process to potentially being greatly non favourable to the (victim/) first person's benefit or interest.

   "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

• skanker
• skanky