skank

American  

[skangk] / skæŋk /

noun

1. a prostitute; whore.

   I won't date someone who dresses like a skank.

2. Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is sexually promiscuous, especially a woman.

3. a dirty, repulsive, or immoral person.

   That hate-preaching skank is getting me really mad.

4. dirty or repulsive matter; filth.

   Don't wash the dog in the bathtub—it took a lot of scrubbing to clean the skank out last time!

5. a dance usually performed to reggae, dub, or ska music and characterized by jerky, rhythmic movements, bending forward while swinging the arms and raising the knees.

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verb (used without object)

1. to dance the skank.

   If you're ready to skank hard, come to our club and bring your positive energy!

skank British  

/ skæŋk /

noun

1. a fast dance to reggae music

2. slang a promiscuous female

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verb

1. to perform this dance

Other Word Forms

• skanker noun

Etymology

Origin of skank

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

When he wasn’t teeing off he was mouthing off: calling Hillary Clinton a “skank” and ordering that states reopen places of worship.

From The Guardian

And I'm not going to learn anything by skanking one out to the right and bailing out.

From Golf Digest

While the island’s delegation at the United Nations was skanking in celebration the other night, there was no corresponding “jam out there” in the streets of Kingston, Spanish Town, Mo’ Bay or Ochi.

From The Guardian

Jackson used particularly disturbing language to describe Ford and Kavanaugh's other accusers, referring to them as "lying skanks," in one tweet.

From Salon

Wen ur in ur house then u hear @Skepta live at lovebox and u literally go out in the street in the rain n buss a skank to #PraiseTheLord it's that deep!!

From BBC