Definition of gank
gank
verb
- to execute or murder, usually with a firearm. Origin: first used in the early 1990's.
I'm going to gank your happy ass.
- See more words with the same meaning: to kill.
Last edited on Apr 02 2013. Submitted by Sandrea Sanders from St Louis, MO, USA on Dec 10 1996.
- to steal. Also gank off with.
I ganked a chair from his room.
He ganked off with my bike.
- See more words with the same meaning: to steal.
Last edited on Dec 10 1996. Submitted by Sandrea Sanders from St Louis, MO, USA on Dec 10 1996.
- to take; BUM.
Can I gank some of your fries?
- See more words with the same meaning: to have, take, get.
Last edited on Oct 31 1998. Submitted by Jay B. from Washington, DC, USA on Oct 31 1998.
- To continually attack or target another player in a videogame, generally of a lower level and usually online. Example:
Hey dude, let's go gank some poor noob.
Last edited on Jun 11 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 2010.
verb - transitive
- to defraud; "swindle".
Man, John's new car already broke down. I wonder how many people have been ganked by that dealer.
Last edited on Dec 27 2010. Submitted by Vaughn from Chicago, IL, USA on Nov 03 1999.
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| Definitions include: affectionate form of address for a male child. | |
| Definitions include: To fight someone. | |
| Definitions include: to arrest. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire discretely. | |
| Definitions include: to have in one's possession. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to; deceive. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: to get. | |
| Definitions include: to see. | |
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| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to kill via stabbing. | |
| Definitions include: leaving. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to kill. | |
| Definitions include: to murder, kill. | |
| Definitions include: to injure or destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot. | |
| Definitions include: to kill. | |
| Definitions include: Food poisoning | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with. | |
| Definitions include: diamond-containing jewelry. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
Other terms relating to 'to steal': | |
| Definitions include: to expel liquid (or, more rarely, food) out one's nose by laughing in the middle of a swallow. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to take all of a person's money. | |
| Definitions include: to take all of a person's money. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: (v) 1) to steal. | |
| Definitions include: a con that takes a long time. | |
| Definitions include: to arrest. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to have, to take. | |
| Definitions include: To steal. | |
| Definitions include: To steal | |
| Definitions include: breasts. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to use Ecstasy (MDMA). | |
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| Definitions include: masturbation. | |
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| Definitions include: a person who pukes, i.e. vomits. | |
| Definitions include: a feeling of sadness brought on by the good fortune of others. From the German "Schaden" (damage) + "Freude" (joy). | |
| Definitions include: to cause a person to become angry or aggravated. | |
| Definitions include: to do something to excess. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe someone always fronting or being a fake. | |
| Definitions include: a 9 millimeter pistol. |
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