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skank

adjective

messy, run down, dilapidated.
My flat is real skank, just look at the fridge.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by ryan from New Zealand on May 20 2002.

noun

a dirty or promiscuous female.
Stay away from that skank.
That girl by the bar is such a skank.
- See more words with the same meaning: promiscuous.
- See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.
Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 31 1997.

verb

to perform a particular style of dance to ska music.
Look at that guy skank!
- See more words with the same meaning: to dance.
Last edited on Sep 23 1997. Submitted by David LaBrie from VA, USA on Sep 23 1997.
to steal.
He skanked my pencil.
- See more words with the same meaning: to steal.
Last edited on May 10 1998. Submitted by Jon S. from Niskayuna, NY, USA on May 10 1998.
to defraud; cheat; "con".
This isn't a real Gucci. That guy skanked me!
- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Mar 15 2011. Submitted by Rob D. from Cambridge University, Granta Pl, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1, UK on Jun 28 1999.

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