Skank vs Spank - What's the difference?
skank | spank |
(pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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To cheat, especially a friend.
To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
To soundly defeat, to trounce.
To move rapidly.
An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
In transitive terms the difference between skank and spank
is that skank is to cheat, especially a friend while spank is to soundly defeat, to trounce.As nouns the difference between skank and spank
is that skank is any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant while spank is an instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.As verbs the difference between skank and spank
is that skank is to dance the skank while spank is to beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.skank
English
Etymology 1
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. Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
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Jamaican originEtymology 4
Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).Verb
(en verb)- ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .
Derived terms
* skanker * skanky Jamaican English ----spank
English
(spanking)Verb
(en verb)- The ship was really spanking along.