Stanked vs Staked - What's the difference?
stanked | staked |
(stank)
(stink)
(AAVE, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
* 2002 , Tasha C. Miller, Assout: Incoherent Thoughts and Poems of an Unemployed Black Girl (page 11)
* 2003 , Tariq Nasheed, Play or be played (page 124)
* 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later... (page 31)
(UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
(UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
(stake)
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
* (and other bibliographic particulars),
# A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
* (and other bibliographic particulars), Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
To pierce or wound with a stake.
To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
* (and other bibliographic particulars), (Alexander Pope)
To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
As verbs the difference between stanked and staked
is that stanked is (stank) while staked is (stake).stanked
English
Verb
(head)stank
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- 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
- This is why most top-notch women can't stand stank hoes. Classy women have more contempt for these women than men do.
- 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)- (Robert of Brunne)
Derived terms
* stank hen, stankieEtymology 3
(etyl) estanc, or (etyl) stanco. See stanch (adjective).Etymology 4
Compare Swedish word, meaning "to pant".Anagrams
* English irregular simple past forms ----staked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *stake
English
(wikipedia stake)Noun
(en noun)- We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
- A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
- Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake .
- The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
- Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.
Synonyms
* (croquet) pegDerived terms
* burn at the stake * pull up stakes * stake of ZionVerb
(stak)- to stake vines or plants.
- I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
- John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to ''stake'' him .
- His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.