Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manky

/ˈmæŋki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: manky
IPA: /ˈmæŋki/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.

British usage; Slang

adj

Being or having bad weather.

Slang

Example Sentences

""He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky.""
""Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you.""
"I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow"
"On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]"

Etymology

From mank + -y.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

mankier (comparative) mankiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

mankily mankiness

Phrases

manky mallard

Synonyms

mank

Antonyms

dingle

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce manky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæŋki/.
What does manky mean?: Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
Where does manky come from?: From mank + -y.

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