crunk

Etymology 1
Attested in the Southern US since the late 1980s, originally in the sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”. Popularized by its use in the of  music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by, on their 1997 debut album . Various possible origins have been proposed: See Crunk: etymology at Wikipedia for further information.
 * “crazy drunk”.
 * “high on marijuana and drunk (on alcohol) at the same time”.
 * From a dialectal past tense of.

There is no evidence of any connection with Yiddish or German, nor that it entered the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta. The phonetic similarity of the words is considered a coincidence.

Adjective

 * 1)  Crazy and intoxicated.
 * 2) * 1997,, Who U Wit, on :
 * Get crunk, who u wit’?
 * 1) * 2002, Ashanti, Foolish/Unfoolish page 34:
 * Let me tell you how I like it / If we’re all in a crowd / I like to be the one they single out / Let me tell you how to please me / Can you get it crunk and make my body jump?

Noun

 * 1) A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
 * 2) * 2004, Crunk Classics [audio CD compilation title]
 * 3) * 2005, Michael Joseph Corcoran, All Over the Map page 25:
 * As Houston rap became a national sensation, spinning off into the “crunk” scene, it was hard to believe that just ten years earlier, the only Texas rap acts of any note were Donald “The D.O.C.” Curry, the Dallasite who hooked up with Dr. Dre and the N.W.A. crew, and the Geto Boys, who set out to make West Coast gangstas come off like Young MC.

Etymology 2
. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To cry like a crane.

Etymology 3
Germanic ablaut formation.