skank

== English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk] (æ-raising) (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk]; /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈskɛ̃ŋk] Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: skank === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s. ==== Noun ==== skank (countable and uncountable, plural skanks) (derogatory, slang) 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. ===== Synonyms ===== (lewdly disreputable woman): See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== skank (comparative more skank, superlative most skank) (derogatory, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky. Foul, unhygienic. === Etymology 2 === Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving between larger vehicles. Compare skanker. ==== Noun ==== skank (countable and uncountable, plural skanks) A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music. (music, uncountable) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk. ==== Verb ==== skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked) To dance the skank. To play guitar with a skank rhythm. (transitive or intransitive, Jamaica) To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal. === Etymology 3 === Slang word used in Northern England. Unknown. Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century. ==== Noun ==== skank (plural skanks) The act of cheating a person. ==== Verb ==== skank (third-person singular simple present skanks, present participle skanking, simple past and past participle skanked) (transitive) To cheat or betray, especially a friend. (transitive) To steal, or otherwise acquire underhandedly. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse skankr. Akin to English shank. === Noun === skank c (singular definite skanken, plural indefinite skanker) (anatomy) shank (especially in animals) (anatomy) (humorous) leg (in humans and in animals) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse skankr (“leg, shank”), from a Proto-Germanic ablauting noun represented by Proto-Germanic *skankô (“that which is bent; shank, thigh”), with related stem variants *skinkan- and *skunkan-. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew”), probably through the semantic development “crooked, bent” → “leg, shank”. Related to skinke (“ham”), borrowed from a Middle Low German descendant of the related Proto-Germanic variant *skinkô (“thigh, shank”), and sjenkel (“lower leg; rider's leg”), borrowed from German Schenkel, a diminutive formation from the same Germanic word family. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skank, Danish skank, Swedish skank and English shank. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skaŋk/ Rhymes: -aŋk Hyphenation: skank === Noun === skank m (definite singular skanken, indefinite plural skanker, definite plural skankene) (anatomy, especially domestic animals) the lower part of an animal's forelimb or hindlimb, extending from the knee towards the foot; the shank skanken på en hest ― the shank of a horse (cooking) a cut of meat from the lower part of an animal's leg; a shank (colloquial) a human leg (dialectal) a stiff, frozen fish ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === knask, snakk === References === “skank” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “skank” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === skonk (Landsmål) skånk, skønk (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse skankr. Akin to English shank. === Noun === skank f (definite singular skanka, indefinite plural skjenker, definite plural skjenkene)skank m (definite singular skanken, indefinite plural skankar, definite plural skankane) (anatomy) thigh, thighbone (especially in animals) (anatomy) shank (especially in animals) (anatomy) hind limb, foot meat from such a part of the body big-boned she-creature, especially an animal with big thighs and hips ==== Usage notes ==== The masculine inflection is not used for the fifth sense. But for the fourth sense, things are different. A masculine inflection, not always, but sometimes is an inflection for feminine qualities, at times. The inflection process begins with a source moment that starts things off. ==== Related terms ==== skinke f === References === “skank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === snakk == Swedish == === Alternative forms === skånk === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skankô, whence English shank and Norwegian Nynorsk skank. First attested in 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg). === Noun === skank c a leg (human or animal) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== korsskank snarskank === References === “skank”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skank”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)