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skank

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Synonyms: shank, swank, spank, skunk, sank, stank, skink, skant, slank, kank, skan

Antonyms: shank, swank, spank, skunk, sank, stank, skink, skant, slank, kank, skan

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Noun

  1. A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
  2. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Adjective

  1. Lewd, vulgar, skanky.
  2. Foul, unhygienic.

Noun

  1. A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
  2. A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
    • A typical skank guitar rhythm:Musical scores are temporarily disabled.

Verb

  1. To dance the skank.
  2. To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
  3. To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.

Noun

  1. The act of cheating a person.
    • That's not a good deal; it's a skank.

Verb

  1. To cheat or betray, especially a friend.
    • He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.
  2. To steal, or otherwise acquire underhandedly.

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