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Skank vs Slank - What's the difference?

skank | slank |

As verbs the difference between skank and slank

is that skank is while slank is (slink).

As a noun skank

is a gift, a donation.

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
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    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 ----

    slank

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slink)
  • * Frederick William Rolfe, The desire and pursuit of the whole
    • So, when priests slank up to him, he civilly warned them off: if they merited kindness and persisted, he gave them double
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