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skank

The correct spelling is skank.

How to pronounce skank

/skæŋk/
noun

IPA: /skæŋk/

Say it like: Ska-nk

The correct spelling is skank. A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity. For example: "That's not a good deal; it's a skank."

Usage Examples

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

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
  2. 2.Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  3. 3.A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
  4. 4.A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
  5. 5.The act of cheating a person.

adjective

  1. 1.Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

verb

  1. 1.To dance the skank.
  2. 2.To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
  3. 3.To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.
  4. 4.To cheat, especially a friend.

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