Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mank

/ˈmeɪ̯ŋk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: mank
IPA: /ˈmeɪ̯ŋk/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

adj

Disgusting, repulsive.

British usage; Slang

adj

Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”).

Slang

noun

Something that is disgusting or manky.

British usage; Slang; Uncountable

name

Example Sentences

"When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank."
"Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort."
"This typical 'mank' weather does not stop fur seal pups from exploring."
"The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain."

Etymology

From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: manken, *mancian, mancus, *mank-, mancare

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmeɪ̯ŋk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

manks (present, singular) manking (participle, present) manked (participle, past) manked (past) Manks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mangle

Synonyms

manky ming minging

Rhymes With

thank bank frank tank rank blank drank hank prank sank flank crank

Questions

How do you pronounce mank?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪ̯ŋk/.
What does mank mean?: To mutilate.
Where does mank come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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