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Rareskank
The correct spelling is skank.
How to pronounce skank
/skæŋk/
nounIPA: /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.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.
- 3.A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- 4.A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
- 5.The act of cheating a person.
adjective
- 1.Lewd, vulgar, skanky.
verb
- 1.To dance the skank.
- 2.To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
- 3.To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.
- 4.To cheat, especially a friend.
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