skank

Etymology 1
. Perhaps from, but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare,. Attested from the 1960s.

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.
 * 1) Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
 * 1) Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
 * 1) Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
 * 1) Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Translations

 * German: ,

Adjective

 * 1)  Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Etymology 2
Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving in and out of traffic. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
 * 2)  A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
 * 1)  A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
 * 1)  A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.

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.
 * 1)  To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.
 * 1)  To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.

Etymology 3
Slang word used in Northern England. . Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century.

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1)  To cheat, especially a friend.
 * He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  shank
 * 2)   leg

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  thigh, thighbone
 * 2)  shank
 * 3)  hind limb, foot
 * 4) meat from such a part of the body
 * 5) 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 forth 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.

Etymology
Cognate with Danish skank, English, used as a noun in Swedish since 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg).

Noun

 * 1) a leg (human or animal)
 * rör på skankarna!
 * move your legs! (walk on, keep moving)