Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

janky

/ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: jan-ky
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/

19

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of poor quality.

Informal; Slang

adj

Slang

adj

Untrustworthy, disreputable.

Slang

adj

Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"It's barely holding together, it's so janky."
"“And look, they don't even call them cigarettes. They call them fun tubes.” “Well, I guess,” said Hillary. “Talk about a janky role model. Candy cigarettes.”"
"We're gonna do some janky shit. When you're doin' janky shit, you wear a mask."
"Janky promoters trying to fuck up my lil' image / They fucked us over, only way you get the picture"
"While the asynchronous HTTP call is running on a background thread (preventing a janky UI, or ANRs), the user can navigate away from the activity after the request has been sent but before the response has been received by the device."
"If you love B-movies, crazy sci-fi and intense, janky-as-all-hell videogames, you’ve come to the right place."

Etymology

From junky.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/

Usage

Inflected Forms

jankier (comparative) jankiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

jankily jankiness

Frequently Paired Words

jank

Rhymes With

frankie yankee cranky lanky swanky hanky hankey spanky skanky blankie stanky banky

Questions

How do you pronounce janky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/.
What does janky mean?: Of poor quality.
Where does janky come from?: From junky.

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