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skank

[ skangk ]

noun

  1. I won't date someone who dresses like a skank.

  2. Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is sexually promiscuous, especially a woman.
  3. a dirty, repulsive, or immoral person:

    That hate-preaching skank is getting me really mad.

  4. dirty or repulsive matter; filth:

    Don't wash the dog in the bathtub—it took a lot of scrubbing to clean the skank out last time!

  5. a dance usually performed to reggae, dub, or ska music and characterized by jerky, rhythmic movements, bending forward while swinging the arms and raising the knees.


verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the skank:

    If you're ready to skank hard, come to our club and bring your positive energy!

skank

/ skæŋk /

noun

  1. a fast dance to reggae music
  2. slang.
    a promiscuous female
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to perform this dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skank1

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

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