skank

(skăngk)
n.

1. A rhythmic dance performed to reggae or ska music, characterized by bending forward, raising the knees, and extending the hands.
2. Disgusting or vulgar matter; filth.
3. One who is disgustingly foul or filthy and often considered sexually promiscuous. Used especially of a woman or girl.

intr.v., skanked, skank·ing, skanks.
To dance the skank.

[Of Jamaican origin.]

skanky skank'y adj.

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mod. ugly; repellent, usually said of a woman. (Collegiate.)  She is so skanky! That grody hairdo doesn't help either.

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noun
noun, orig US

A person, esp. a woman, regarded as unattractive, sleazy, sexually promiscuous, or immoral. (1964 —) .
Playboy Girl M.B.A.s could slip into gabardine suits and floppy bow ties and feel, if not exactly alluring, at least not like total skanks (1986). Hence skanky adjective (1982 —) .

[Origin unknown.]

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