skank

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
2. (countable, uncountable) Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Adj

Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Verb

1. To dance the skank.
2. To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
3. (Jamaica, intransitive, transitive) To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.

Verb

To cheat, especially a friend.

Synonyms

crud

filth

dirt ball

Translations

skanken

hippie

jaburú

mocréia

riponga

bailar ska

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skæŋk/

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s.