SKANK

Meaning of SKANK in English

/ skæŋk; NAmE / noun

( informal , especially NAmE ) an unpleasant person

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WORD ORIGIN

1970s: of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SKANK — — skanker , n. /skangk/ , v.i. Slang. to dance rhythmically in a loose-limbed manner. [ 1980-85; orig. uncert. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKANK — n. whore, sexually promiscuous woman (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKANK — v. dance rhythmically in a loose-limbed manner; dance to ska music
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKANK — [ skaŋk ] ■ noun 1》 a dance performed to reggae music, characterized by rhythmically bending forward, raising the knees, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKANK — skank BrE AmE skæŋk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKANK — skank /skæŋk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal ↑ heroin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKANK — Dirty, nasty-looking woman--haven't had a shower forever. Example: Did you see the skank who just came in. The horror! The …
Slang English vocab
SKANK — v 1. to dance to ska music. ("Look at that guy skank!") Submitted by David LaBrie, VA, USA, 23-09-1997. -adj …
Slang English vocab
SKANK — n (sl) skag q.v.
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SKANK — I n AmE sl What a skank she is! — Она такая страхолюдина! Is she a skank or what? — Неужели она …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SKANK — I n AmE sl What a skank she is! — Она такая страхолюдина! Is she a skank or what? — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SKANK — skank n AmE sl What a skank she is! Она такая страхолюдина! Is she a skank or what? Неужели она …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SKANK — I What a skank she is! — Она такая страхолюдина! Is she a skank or what? — Неужели она такая …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SKANK — n. Function: transitive verb Etymology: probably alteration of 2 shank Date: 1990 slang : to bungle (a stroke) in golf
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKANK — n. Function: intransitive verb Date: 1976 : to dance the skank
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKANK — n. Function: noun Etymology: Jamaican E Date: 1964 : a rhythmic dance performed by swinging the arms while bending the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKANK — n. Pronunciation: ' ska ŋ k Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1964 slang : a person and especially a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKANK TOP — A very skimpy tank top, usually white or see-through. Example: You can almost always see their breasts through the skank …
Slang English vocab
SKANK PANTS — The tight black pants that girls wear to clubs. Example: Skank pants really show your assets--or your liabilities, as the …
Slang English vocab
SHANK — I. ˈshaŋk, -aiŋk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shanke, from Old English scanca; akin to Middle Low German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAMP DONKEY — The ugliest and foulest of women. Example: Look at that swamp donkey in the skank pants, skank top, and CFM …
Slang English vocab
SKIVEE — Another word for dirty skank. Example: You want nothing to do with her. Trust me! She is a skivee!
Slang English vocab
SKANKING — To skank is to dance like a crazy person. Example: I was skanking and couldn't stop.
Slang English vocab
MUDGUTS — Most likely the younger sister of a skank, a mudguts typically has at least two inches of stomach showing. To …
Slang English vocab
CHICTIONARY — A man's black book of ladies' numbers. Example: Look at Pete. Getting a new skank for his chictionary.
Slang English vocab
SCRUT — A cross between a Skank, and a Slut Example: Look at that dirty Scrut
Slang English vocab
CHANK — n 1. contraction of "chunky skank," that is, a fat, promiscuous female. ("That chank ate all of my candy.") Submitted …
Slang English vocab
DANCE — n. 25B6; verb he danced with her : sway, trip, twirl, whirl, pirouette, gyrate; informal bop, disco, shake a leg, …
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