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Meaning of skank
noun
- A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
- Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
adjective
- Lewd, vulgar, skanky.
noun
- A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
verb
- To dance the skank.
- To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
- To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.
noun
- The act of cheating a person. Example: That's not a good deal; it's a skank.
verb
- To cheat, especially a friend. Example: He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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