Meaning of skank | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
   countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
2. A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
3. The act of cheating a person.
4. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
   countable, uncountable
5. A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.

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Examples

“Whenever a slang word is heard, the youngsters note⟳ it, then write⟳ sentences which include⟳ the word. […]Hawk: to watch⟳ – as in “Man, that skank steady hawks me in school.””

“It's also my job to take⟳ care of the skanks on the road that you bang.”

“I'd been used to a lot of jawns following me around from when I first got out there on the rap scene. They were usually chickenhead skanks attracted to the gangsta culture who would lick and suck⟳ and fuck any and everything you wanted them to. Four and five times, if you told them to.”

“Speaking exclusively to Mirror TV, Josie revealed: "I've just split⟳ up from somebody because he was a skank and was selling stories to the press⟳, and he was a loser."”

“Virgins. I love⟳ 'em. No diseases, no loose as a goose pussy, no skank. No nothin'. Just pure pleasure.”

“Hughes CRAVED dirt. Hughes CRAVED slander skank to share⟳ with Mr. Hoover. What Hughes CRAVED, Hughes BOUGHT. ¶ Pete bought an issue’s worth of dirt. His cop contacts supplied him with a one-week load⟳ of lackluster skank.”

“[…]the ability to double⟳ up with contagious laughter; the feeling of pure child-like glee; and the mesmerizing, trance-like skank dancing that looks like⟳ African aerobics after centuries of rhythm.”

“All reggae dance⟳ represents a dialogue with that basic movement which is the skank — a kind of offbeat walking on the spot”

“A typical skank guitar rhythm: {\time3/4\tempo4=180\set⟳ Staff.midiInstrument=#"electric guitar (muted)"\repeat⟳ unfold2{r8a4}\repeat⟳ unfold2{r8g4”

“He took it another step and brought blues into reggae music. I don’t play⟳ skank. I don’t play⟳ reggae guitar. So I had to call⟳.”

“That's not a good deal⟳; it's a skank.”

“As for the identities of those behind the plan⟳, the mere mention⟳ of ‘some millionaire’ reinforced the conviction of those who were ready to part with their money that they were onto a winner. While for others, the mere mention⟳ of the names Nestor Riley and Desmond Palmer was enough to confirm⟳ that this whole business was a skank which would end⟳ in tears.”

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