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Skanked vs Stanked - What's the difference?

skanked | stanked |

As verbs the difference between skanked and stanked

is that skanked is past tense of skank while stanked is past tense of stank.

skanked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (skank)

    • skank

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

    • Etymology 2

    . Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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    • Synonyms
    * See

    Etymology 3

    Jamaican origin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dance performed to ska.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the skank
    • Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

    Etymology 4

    Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cheating a person.
    • That's not a good deal; it's a skank .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheat, especially a friend.
    • ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .
    Derived terms
    * skanker * skanky Jamaican English ----

    stanked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stank)

    • stank

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stink)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (AAVE, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
  • * 2002 , Tasha C. Miller, Assout: Incoherent Thoughts and Poems of an Unemployed Black Girl (page 11)
    • Fishy, pussy funky elevator / Pissy, broke ass project elevator / Old baby piss, stank ass horse, cat piss smelling funky hot ass elevator / I'm not climbing no 17 flights
  • * 2003 , Tariq Nasheed, Play or be played (page 124)
    • This is why most top-notch women can't stand stank hoes. Classy women have more contempt for these women than men do.
  • * 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later... (page 31)
    • He wants my love; he wants the love from here and just what's between your stank -ass legs.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) estanc, ((etyl) . Compare stagnant, stagnate.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
    • (Robert of Brunne)
  • (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
    • Derived terms
    * stank hen, stankie

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) estanc, or (etyl) stanco. See stanch (adjective).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) weak; worn out
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 4

    Compare Swedish word, meaning "to pant".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To sigh.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms ----