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skank

skank

4 9.9
A very smelly thing like rotten food or waste
  • noun
  • /skæŋk/
  • Slang
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  • The old skank in the fridge was growing mold and stinking up the kitchen.

Examples

  • I smell... skanks.

  • Bring me the bar skank.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I smell French fries, skank.

  • Call the skank now or I start redecorating.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The only thing you have in your kitchen is sullen skank?

  • Oh, sorry I didn't wanna cross 12 lanes of traffic, so you can kiss some skank.

  • This town is 980/o skanks.

  • If something like that happened to JLo just because of this, it could cost her her career, especially if they think it was no accident, because it's happened way too much to the skank already, so I do believe she's sabotaged her own self.

    Blog text (16)
  • SOME SKANK WRITES A RANDOM CITY ON A NAPKIN AND I CATCH THE FIRST FLIGHT OUT.

  • That skank of a dumpster really smells terrible after the rain.

Synonyms

stink
vsskank
111 1.1

A very bad smell that people dislike

applies more to a foul substance in informal slang rather than just the smell
filth
vsskank
46 2.0

Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty

emphasizes strong foul smell or slangy unpleasant substance rather than plain dirt
crud
vsskank
  • Informal
9 6.3

Dirty, sticky stuff that makes things unclean

focuses on extreme foul smell or unpleasantness used informally
stank
vsskank
  • NSFW
8 9.9

A strong unpleasant body smell often coming from private parts

is a broader slang term for any extremely foul smell or unpleasant substance

Compounds

9.9

Actions that show sexual interest in a way people strongly disapprove

How Foul-Smelling

skank
  • Slang
4 9.9
reek
8 6.1
odor
  • US
145 1.9
whiff
60 3.2

Surface Forms

skank singular
skanks plural

Etymology

Skank meaning a very smelly or nasty thing likely comes from the adjective skanky, which means 'dirty' or 'smelly', so a skank is slang for something that smells or looks very bad.