skank

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skæŋk/

Noun

skank

1. (pejorative, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
2. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Synonyms

• (lewdly disreputable woman) See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Adjective

skank

1. (pejorative, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

1. A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
2. A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.

Verb

skank (skanks, present participle skanking; past and past participle skanked)

1. To dance the skank.
2. To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
3. (transitive or intransitive, Jamaica) To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.

Noun

skank (plural skanks)

1. The act of cheating a person.

   That's not a good deal; it's a skank.

Verb

skank (skanks, present participle skanking; past and past participle skanked)

1. (transitive) To cheat, especially a friend.

   He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.

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