Ming vs Mank - What's the difference?
ming | mank | Synonyms |
To mix, blend, mingle.
(obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
(UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
(British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
(British, slang) To be foul smelling.
Disgusting, repulsive.
Something that is disgusting or manky.
Mank is a synonym of ming.
As verbs the difference between ming and mank
is that ming is to mix, blend, mingle while mank is to mutilate.As nouns the difference between ming and mank
is that ming is mixture while mank is something that is disgusting or manky.As a proper noun Ming
is a former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing.As an adjective mank is
disgusting, repulsive.ming
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* minge, mengVerb
- the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
Etymology 2
Backformation from (minging).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) mingen, mengen, mungen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)mank
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) manken, from (etyl) mancian, .Etymology 2
Via , from (etyl) . See above.Adjective
(-)- When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank .
Synonyms
* manky slang * ming slang * minging slangNoun
(-)- The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.
