Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rhythmic dance performed to reggae or ska music, characterized by bending forward, raising the knees, and extending the hands.
- intransitive verb To dance the skank.
- noun One who is filthy or foul.
- noun One who is considered to be sexually promiscuous. Used especially of a woman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative, slang A
lewdly unattractive anddisreputable person, oftenfemale , especially one with an air oftawdry promiscuity . - noun Any
substance considered particularlyfoul ,unhygienic orunpleasant - noun A
dance performed toska . - verb To
dance the skank - noun The act of cheating a person through disloyal and selfish means with no shame to use deception in the process (most commonly to a known associate or friend).
- noun Referring to having insight or recognising a process to potentially being greatly non favourable to the (victim/) first person's benefit or interest.
- verb transitive To cheat, especially a friend.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dance the skank
- noun a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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July 7th, 2009 7: 32 pm ET those 7 out of 10 repubs are the STUPID MACHINE that keeps this country at war with the rest of the world. the only other stupid skank is elisabeth hasselbeck, the blonde war monger from The View.
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If a guy and a girl hook up with the same number of people, the girl is called a skank and the guy is just a guy.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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I think everyone needs to just sit back and think about the state of the world when the word skank can cost millions and millions of dollars, grow up everyone.
Warning: Talking trash online doesn’t mean you won’t get caught | Sync Blog 2009
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We face an onslaught of skank every single day, she said, and this relentless onslaught of skank is teaching our daughters that their worth resides only in their bodies and in their willingness to skank it up with their peers.
Desperate Feminist Housewife Moms Rule The World! | Her Bad Mother 2007
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But after anonymous blogger gave one model the title of "skank" - I never thought I'd be saying that on national television.
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Has the redesigned Strawberry Shortcake been called a skank?
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I pity the fool who calls her skank and tramp and trollop and slut.
Paris Hilton Is a Medical Miracle Bill Crider 2007
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In the same way that Souleymane is an emblem of the system's failure, the student who is called a skank haunts M.
The Class Bruce Schauble 2009
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Imagine your daughter running around sleeping with someone she stars dating, only to be referred to as a skank/slut/ho.
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Imagine your daughter running around sleeping with someone she stars dating, only to be referred to as a skank/slut/ho.
bilby commented on the word skank
"They sat on the cool concrete sidewalk and ate, sharing with their canine companions. Every train rider sported a skank, even the dogs."
- Clay Duda, Young, Homeless and Enslaved by the Freedom of the Rails, jjie.org, 29 June 2011.
Note in box beside main text: Skank - Commonly referred to as a bandanna. A signature trait of train riders.
August 25, 2011