Definition of skank
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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Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing': | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: the worst. | |
| Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparable bad situation. | |
| Definitions include: bad or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: suspicious; "shady". | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe. | |
| Definitions include: off-brand. | |
| Definitions include: extremely horrendous, embarrassing or harsh. | |
| Definitions include: run down or impoverished. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; "uncool". | |
| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
Other terms relating to 'promiscuous': | |
| Definitions include: drunk. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous person; "slut"; "skank". | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous person. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: a "slut" + "bitch". | |
| Definitions include: A person, usually female, that is a show-off or just a stupid bimbo. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female. Also hooch and hoochie mama. | |
| Definitions include: a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly, promiscuous, or otherwise generally unappealing female. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive, trashy, usually poor female; "hoochie". | |
| Definitions include: an under-aged girl who acts and/or dresses like a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: a gross and disgusting girl who is usually very ugly, grungy, or slutty, Also known as a dirty. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
Other terms relating to 'to dance': | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is strange or different. | |
| Definitions include: to leave a place to go somewhere else. | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: to have fun dancing. | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: to leave, to do something. | |
| Definitions include: to perform aggressive fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to dance very close to. | |
| Definitions include: to defraud; "swindle". | |
| Definitions include: dancing. | |
| Definitions include: extremely fun; exciting; wild. | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: to do something well in one's own way or in a unique manner, usually involving members of the opposite sex. | |
| Definitions include: to "dance" in a particular style that involves thrashing around and running into people. | |
Other terms relating to 'to steal': | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to defraud with large gains. | |
| Definitions include: when a woman's nipples get hard because of cold. | |
| Definitions include: Steal, pick up, grab. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: a lower-quality version of something. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: stuff, things. | |
| Definitions include: to execute or murder, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
Other terms relating to 'to take advantage of, cheat, trick': | |
| Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out". | |
| Definitions include: to completely ("fat") take advantage ("dick"). | |
| Definitions include: a male talented in attracting females. | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at. | |
| Definitions include: derogatory command that means roughly "Go get fucked!" | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "rookie". | |
| Definitions include: greatly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to arrange things in one's favor. | |
| Definitions include: to perform fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: To mislead or to give (or receive) bad directions. | |
| Definitions include: to flatter, especially for future gain. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again." | |
Other terms relating to 'woman, women, female': | |
| Definitions include: an attractive older woman. Acronym for "mom I'd like to fuck" or "mother I'd like to fuck". | |
| Definitions include: An average looking female, typically in a male dominated industry, who receives undue (drunken) male attention due to the unnaturally high ratio of males to females. | |
| Definitions include: an imaginary animal that is ugly, skinny, and female. | |
| Definitions include: a muscular female. Origin: the movie/television series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. | |
| Definitions include: A woman who uses men for selfish pleasure. | |
| Definitions include: a female who performs fellatio frequently. | |
| Definitions include: attractive. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female. Also hooch and hoochie mama. | |
| Definitions include: a female who frequently hangs out with gay men. | |
| Definitions include: a disreputable female. | |
| Definitions include: woman. | |
| Definitions include: name used for a female in the United States and Canada in legal proceedings when the name must be withheld for legal reasons. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female; "slut". | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
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Other terms relating to 'skank': | |
| Definitions include: a sleeveless female's shirt with thin straps, that has a low neckline, one that makes a girl look easy. | |
| Definitions include: a general insulting label for a disliked female. | |
| Definitions include: a skater who is mean to people who aren't considered skaters (especially "posers"). | |
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