skankn.¹

Brit.

/skaŋk/, U.S.

/skæŋk/

Forms: 1900s– scank, 1900s– shank (rare), 1900s– skank.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

slang (originally U.S.).

1. Chiefly derogatory. A person regarded as unattractive, unpleasant, or disreputable; esp. a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.

ΚΠ

1959 Purple & White (Millsaps Coll., Jackson, Mississippi) 12 May 2/6 Your choice of dates to a party of this sort is of prime importance... You may either bring a real skank, who has no curfew (and usually even fewer scruples), or you can bring one of those sweet young things who has never strayed far from mom.

1964 K. Hanson Rebels in Streets i. 8 Hanky and Pinky whom the boys called ‘skanks’, plain, promiscuous—prostitutes without pay.

1992 Spy (N.Y.) Nov. 59 (heading) Teenage girls think he's a skank.

1994 J. Favreau Swingers (film script, 3rd draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 7 Some skank who isn't half the woman my girlfriend is.

2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 8 Jan. Such is the desperate state of American film culture—dominated by studio goat dung, controlled by marketing skanks.

2. Something considered unpleasant or disgusting; dirt, filth.

ΚΠ

1995 H. Korine Kids (transcribed from film) Virgins. I love 'em. No diseases,..no skank. No nothin'. Just pure pleasure.

2002 D. H. Sterry Chicken (2003) 11 I curl into the skank of the mattress.

2016 @KellySnyderrr 19 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 20 Nov. 2019) I don't want my hoodie back it's covered in skank anyways.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skankv.

Brit.

/skaŋk/, U.S.

/skæŋk/, Caribbean English

/skaŋk/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. With sense 2 compare skank n.² at skanking n. Derivatives. Compare skanker n.R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) considers sense 3 to be earlier than sense 2; compare skanker n. 1.

Originally Caribbean.

1. transitive. To throw (a person) over one's shoulder. rare.

ΚΠ

1971 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Jan. 6/5 When they beat me and cut me up he..hold me from behind and I tried to skank him (throw him over my shoulder).

2. intransitive. To perform a freestyle dance to reggae music (cf. skanking n.); (hence) to perform or play reggae music. Also (colloquial): to sashay, strut.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [verb (intransitive)]

rag1896

jazz1919

rock1931

juke1933

boogie1944

boogaloo1966

to rock out1966

skank1973

disco1976

hip-hop1983

1973 Weekly Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 24 Jan. 13/3 The dancer, according to his mood, can rock slowly to the bass, or go all out and skank to the drums.

1987 Observer (London Suppl.) 20 Sept. 38/1 In London, you can..skank along Railton Road in Brixton until you come to The Legend, a bar built to celebrate the memory of Bob Marley.

1995 Wired Aug. 150/2 Under Cover has a talented DJ/singer skanking in a pleasing dance-hall style.

1998 C. Channer Waiting in Vain (1999) xix. 344 Behind her, beneath the thatch-roofed pavilions, the guests were skanking to old rock-steady choons and slamming dominoes on plastic tables and telling duppy stories.

3. transitive and occasionally intransitive. To con, swindle, or cheat (a person).

ΚΠ

1981 Westindian World 31 July 4/1 Apparently Jaybird..a try skank him out of his hard earned bread.

1989 Independent 22 Mar. 19/7 Some of the younger girls on the Line try skanking—taking the money up front and then jumping out of the car.

1994 Sunday Times 16 Oct. (Style section) 26 You always buy from people you know, otherwise you get skanked and find you've spent, say, £50 on half an ounce of hash and they've given you less.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

skank n.² = skanking n.; music for this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun]

rag dance1892

rag1899

jazzing1917

shey-sheyc1920

juking1937

boogie1940

rocking1948

rock 'n' rolling1956

rock 'n' roll1958

monkey1963

ska1964

boogaloo1965

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

skank1974

salsa1975

skanking1976

Macarena1995

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican

bluebeat1964

ska1964

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

dub1973

skank1974

roots reggae1976

skanking1976

roots1979

dance hall1982

ragamuffin1986

ragga1990

bashment1996

1974 C. Gillett Rock File ii. 70 (heading) Dub wise skank: talk over.

1985 Sounds 27 July 14/4 UB40 turn out a creamy swank of a skank here, but one's bound to ask, what for?

单词	skank
释义	skankn.¹ Brit. /skaŋk/, U.S. /skæŋk/ Forms: 1900s– scank, 1900s– shank (rare), 1900s– skank. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. slang (originally U.S.). 1. Chiefly derogatory. A person regarded as unattractive, unpleasant, or disreputable; esp. a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships. ΚΠ 1959 Purple & White (Millsaps Coll., Jackson, Mississippi) 12 May 2/6 Your choice of dates to a party of this sort is of prime importance... You may either bring a real skank, who has no curfew (and usually even fewer scruples), or you can bring one of those sweet young things who has never strayed far from mom. 1964 K. Hanson Rebels in Streets i. 8 Hanky and Pinky whom the boys called ‘skanks’, plain, promiscuous—prostitutes without pay. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) Nov. 59 (heading) Teenage girls think he's a skank. 1994 J. Favreau Swingers (film script, 3rd draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 7 Some skank who isn't half the woman my girlfriend is. 2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 8 Jan. Such is the desperate state of American film culture—dominated by studio goat dung, controlled by marketing skanks. 2. Something considered unpleasant or disgusting; dirt, filth. ΚΠ 1995 H. Korine Kids (transcribed from film) Virgins. I love 'em. No diseases,..no skank. No nothin'. Just pure pleasure. 2002 D. H. Sterry Chicken (2003) 11 I curl into the skank of the mattress. 2016 @KellySnyderrr 19 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 20 Nov. 2019) I don't want my hoodie back it's covered in skank anyways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skankv. Brit. /skaŋk/, U.S. /skæŋk/, Caribbean English /skaŋk/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. With sense 2 compare skank n.² at skanking n. Derivatives. Compare skanker n.R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (1996) considers sense 3 to be earlier than sense 2; compare skanker n. 1. Originally Caribbean. 1. transitive. To throw (a person) over one's shoulder. rare. ΚΠ 1971 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Jan. 6/5 When they beat me and cut me up he..hold me from behind and I tried to skank him (throw him over my shoulder). 2. intransitive. To perform a freestyle dance to reggae music (cf. skanking n.); (hence) to perform or play reggae music. Also (colloquial): to sashay, strut. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [verb (intransitive)] rag1896 jazz1919 rock1931 juke1933 boogie1944 boogaloo1966 to rock out1966 skank1973 disco1976 hip-hop1983 1973 Weekly Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 24 Jan. 13/3 The dancer, according to his mood, can rock slowly to the bass, or go all out and skank to the drums. 1987 Observer (London Suppl.) 20 Sept. 38/1 In London, you can..skank along Railton Road in Brixton until you come to The Legend, a bar built to celebrate the memory of Bob Marley. 1995 Wired Aug. 150/2 Under Cover has a talented DJ/singer skanking in a pleasing dance-hall style. 1998 C. Channer Waiting in Vain (1999) xix. 344 Behind her, beneath the thatch-roofed pavilions, the guests were skanking to old rock-steady choons and slamming dominoes on plastic tables and telling duppy stories. 3. transitive and occasionally intransitive. To con, swindle, or cheat (a person). ΚΠ 1981 Westindian World 31 July 4/1 Apparently Jaybird..a try skank him out of his hard earned bread. 1989 Independent 22 Mar. 19/7 Some of the younger girls on the Line try skanking—taking the money up front and then jumping out of the car. 1994 Sunday Times 16 Oct. (Style section) 26 You always buy from people you know, otherwise you get skanked and find you've spent, say, £50 on half an ounce of hash and they've given you less. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas skank skank n.² = skanking n.; music for this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun] rag dance1892 rag1899 jazzing1917 shey-sheyc1920 juking1937 boogie1940 rocking1948 rock 'n' rolling1956 rock 'n' roll1958 monkey1963 ska1964 boogaloo1965 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 skank1974 salsa1975 skanking1976 Macarena1995 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican bluebeat1964 ska1964 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 dub1973 skank1974 roots reggae1976 skanking1976 roots1979 dance hall1982 ragamuffin1986 ragga1990 bashment1996 1974 C. Gillett Rock File ii. 70 (heading) Dub wise skank: talk over. 1985 Sounds 27 July 14/4 UB40 turn out a creamy swank of a skank here, but one's bound to ask, what for? extracted from skankingn.adj. < n.¹1959v.1971 as lemmas
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skankn.1

skankv.

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skankn.¹