skank
/ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
Countable; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable
verb
To dance the skank.
Example Sentences
- "Whenever a slang word is heard, the youngsters note it, then write sentences which include the word. […]Hawk: to watch – as in “Man, that skank steady hawks me in school.”"
- "It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang."
- "I'd been used to a lot of jawns following me around from when I first got out there on the rap scene. They were usually chickenhead skanks attracted to the gangsta culture who would lick and suck and fuck any and everything you wanted them to. Four and five times, if you told them to."
- "Speaking exclusively to Mirror TV, Josie revealed: "I've just split up from somebody because he was a skank and was selling stories to the press, and he was a loser.""
- "Virgins. I love 'em. No diseases, no loose as a goose pussy, no skank. No nothin'. Just pure pleasure."
- "Hughes CRAVED dirt. Hughes CRAVED slander skank to share with Mr. Hoover. What Hughes CRAVED, Hughes BOUGHT. ¶ Pete bought an issue’s worth of dirt. His cop contacts supplied him with a one-week load of lackluster skank."
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
skanks (plural)
more skank (comparative)
most skank (superlative)
skanks (present, singular)
skanking (participle, present)
skanked (participle, past)
skanked (past)