Skank Definition

skăngk
skanks
noun
One who is filthy or foul.
American Heritage
A skanky person; specif., a woman or girl considered sleazy, sluttish, etc.
Webster's New World
A rhythmic dance performed to reggae or ska music, characterized by bending forward, raising the knees, and extending the hands.
American Heritage
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).
Wiktionary
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"
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Synonyms:
verb

To dance the skank.

Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.
Wiktionary
To cheat, especially a friend.
He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.
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Other Word Forms of Skank

Noun

Singular:
skank
Plural:
skanks

Origin of Skank

  • Jamaican English to loaf, be shifty, be cunning, dance the skank perhaps akin to skank

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Blend of skeevy and rank.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Jamaican origin

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

SSKSKA

Words Ending With

KNKANK

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