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skanky

[skang-kee]

adjective

Slang
  1. (especially of a woman) sexually promiscuous or lewd.

  2. dirty, repulsive, or immoral: There are a lot of skanky businesses that take advantage of innocent consumers.

    They live in a skanky part of town, surrounded by condemned buildings.

    There are a lot of skanky businesses that take advantage of innocent consumers.



skanky

/ ˈskæŋkɪ /

adjective

  1. dirty, foul-smelling, or unattractive

  2. promiscuous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • skankiness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skanky1

First recorded in 1980–85; skank ( def. ) + -y 2 ( def. )
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“That means I’ll have to get a ride to school with Alex the greasy loser from across the street and his skanky girlfriend,” Sarah moaned.

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The No. 1 need, many say: Clean up the “Coney water,” the local name for the skanky H2O that sometimes bubbles up from underground right into people’s basements.

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Jackson also criticized Democrats and "Leftist women" as a whole, saying in one tweet that "Leftist women are skanky for the most part" and "more will be sued and made to pay for their lies."

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He went farther than just those three women, saying that “Leftist women are skanky for the most part. More will be sued and made to pay for their lies.”

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Just Fang, hunched up alone in his skanky basement.

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