jank
1
9.9
- noun
- /dʒæŋk/
- Slang
:
de mala calidad
- Fix this spot which looked a little jank, Fix that spot right there.
Examples
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Looks like they want to do like a gas type deal but it's a little jank but we'll fix that.
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I wouldn't recommend that restaurant; the food was jank and tasted stale.
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They look jank, but those are the bomb.
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Introducing this jank cheap wire that we found in a bin.
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Yeah, just a jank ass electrical cord runnin' through the wall in there.
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Google Reader is pulling some serious jank moves lately, so if the last post you saw before today was "East Meets West," you should pop on over to my spot and catch up.
Blog text (7) -
That old laptop is really jank and often crashes when I try to use it.
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After using this jank phone for a week, I decided to return it for a refund.
Synonyms
36
3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
34
8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
4
8.8
A thing that is broken and useless
A poor-quality thing that does not work well
Broken so it cannot be used
Something of very poor quality not worth buying
Antonyms
How Reliable
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember jank is to think of things that 'jank' — they have small problems and sudden breaks, and people often call them janky for being low quality. That's why jank now means something unreliable or badly made.