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(skăngk) 
n.
To dance the skank.
n.
- A rhythmic dance performed to reggae or ska music, characterized by bending forward, raising the knees, and extending the hands.
- Disgusting or vulgar matter; filth.
- One who is disgustingly foul or filthy and often considered sexually promiscuous. Used especially of a woman or girl.
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, 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 skankyadjective (1982 —) .
[Origin unknown.]
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
[Origin unknown.]
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Skank may refer to:
- a slang term for a promiscuous person
- Skank (dance), a form of dance related to ska, grime and hardcore punk
- Skank (band), a Brazilian rock/pop/reggae/ska band
- Skank (album), the band's self-titled debut album
- Skank (guitar), the technique of muting some strings and playing adjacent unmuted strings
- Skank the puppet, from The Ben Stiller Show
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Mentioned in
Indiscrimination Rules
(1996 Album by Various Artists)
Siderado
(1998 Album by Skank)
Son of Thunder
(2000 Album by Lee "Scratch" Perry)
Style & Fashion
(1990 Album by Papa San)
Destroy What Destroys You
(1998 Album by Against All Authority)
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