Definition of skank
skank 
adjective
- messy, run down, delapitated.
My flat is real skank, just look at the fridge
by ryan, New Zealand, May 20 2002.
noun
- a dirty or promiscuous female.
Stay away from that skank.
by Anonymous, Aug 31 1997.
verb
- to perform a particular style of dance to ska music.
Look at that guy skank!
by David LaBrie, VA, USA, Sep 23 1997.
- to steal.
He skanked my pencil.
by Jon S., Niskayuna, NY, USA, May 10 1998.
- to defraud; CHEAT; CON.
This isn't a real Gucci. That guy skanked me!
by Rob D., Cambridge University, Granta Pl, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1, UK, Jun 28 1999.
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