skankingn.adj.
/ˈskaŋkɪŋ/ A style of West Indian dancing to reggae music, in which the body bends forward at the waist, and the knees are raised and the hands claw the air in time to the beat; dancing in this style. Also as adj., of music suitable for skanking.
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
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [adjective] > specific types of dance
jiggish1709
polkaic1884
Zydeco1949
smoochy1966
skanking1976
go-go1981
lambada1988
1976 New Musical Express 31 July 29/3 One of the best instrumental sequences is the prelude to her ‘Wild Bird’—the bit before the skanking starts.
1981 Westindian World 11 Sept. 4/5 The last track on side one is ‘Pocket Money’, an excellent Skanking tune.
1982 Spectator 13 Feb. 14/2 One young man, dreadlocks poking from his hat, danced across the floor in the style known as ‘skanking’.
1984 Sounds 1 Dec. 16/6 Songs like the skanking ‘Stop, Look 'N' Listen’ and the crunching ‘Army Song’ show a lot more thought and ideas than earlier offerings from them.
Derivatives
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?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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n.adj.1974