"skank" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: more skank [comparative], most skank [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|skag|t=unattractive woman}} skag (“unattractive woman”), {{m|en|scold|t=troublesome woman}} scold (“troublesome woman”), {{m|en|skeevy|t=disgusting}} skeevy (“disgusting”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} skank (comparative more skank, superlative most skank)
  1. (derogatory, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Appearance, People
    Sense id: en-skank-en-adj-zKAM4ZyA Disambiguation of Appearance: 45 28 0 3 4 1 0 1 4 13 Disambiguation of People: 41 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: skanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|skag|t=unattractive woman}} skag (“unattractive woman”), {{m|en|scold|t=troublesome woman}} scold (“troublesome woman”), {{m|en|skeevy|t=disgusting}} skeevy (“disgusting”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} skank (countable and uncountable, plural skanks)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity. Tags: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Synonyms (lewdly disreputable woman): promiscuous woman
    Sense id: en-skank-en-noun-5-5LBBi6 Disambiguation of 'lewdly disreputable woman': 80 20
  2. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-skank-en-noun-77vK6FKq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 4 20 18 17 4 2 4 18 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 5 17 20 17 4 2 4 18 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: skanky, Skanksgiving
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: skanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving in and out of traffic. Compare skanker. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{m|en|skanker}} skanker Head templates: {{en-noun}} skank (plural skanks)
  1. A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-skank-en-noun-6sNi~xO6 Disambiguation of Dances: 9 4 6 20 15 4 13 16 7 7 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 4 20 18 17 4 2 4 18 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 5 17 20 17 4 2 4 18 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 33 4 8 18
  2. (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-skank-en-noun-rWQZGHwM Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 4 20 18 17 4 2 4 18 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 5 17 20 17 4 2 4 18 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 33 4 8 18 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: skanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Slang word used in Northern England. Unknown. Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} skank (plural skanks)
  1. The act of cheating a person.
    Sense id: en-skank-en-noun-O1t8cnLE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: skanks [present, singular, third-person], skanking [participle, present], skanked [participle, past], skanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving in and out of traffic. Compare skanker. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{m|en|skanker}} skanker Head templates: {{en-verb}} skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked)
  1. To dance the skank.
    Sense id: en-skank-en-verb-JIpeWIUt
  2. To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
    Sense id: en-skank-en-verb-WoxhuWik
  3. (transitive or intransitive, Jamaica) To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal. Tags: Jamaica, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-skank-en-verb-~MkHfKSM Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 4 20 18 17 4 2 4 18 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 5 17 20 17 4 2 4 18 4 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 37 33 4 8 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skæŋk/, /skeɪŋk/ Audio: En-US-skank.wav [US], En-au-skank.ogg [Australia] Forms: skanks [present, singular, third-person], skanking [participle, present], skanked [participle, past], skanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Slang word used in Northern England. Unknown. Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked)
  1. (transitive) To cheat, especially a friend. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): People Derived forms: skanker
    Sense id: en-skank-en-verb-Gfhh3R4r Disambiguation of People: 41 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for skank meaning in English (20.3kB)

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          "ref": "1965 March, “Youths compile slang book to develop literacy”, in Ebony, page 98",
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          "ref": "1996, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire, spoken by Bob Sugar (Jay Mohr), Culver City, Calif.: TriStar Pictures; distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video, published 1997",
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          "ref": "2017 March 30, Hayley Minn, “Josie Gibson reveals she's found 'The One' a week after splitting from 'skank' ex as she talks new dating show”, in Daily Mirror",
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          "ref": "2011, James Ellroy, American Tabloid, page 21",
          "text": "Hughes CRAVED dirt. Hughes CRAVED slander skank to share with Mr. Hoover. What Hughes CRAVED, Hughes BOUGHT. ¶ Pete bought an issue’s worth of dirt. His cop contacts supplied him with a one-week load of lackluster skank.",
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          "ref": "2017, Jas Obrecht, “Ben Harper in San Francisco, May 3, 1994”, in Talking Guitar, page 279",
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