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to gank

to gank

6 9.9
To attack and quickly kill another player by surprise
  • verb
  • /ɡæŋk/
  • Slang
translation icon : eliminar
  • I don't want to wander around a newbie zone and get ganked by some player wearing a witch costume.

Examples

  • I couldn't stop you from getting ganked.

    Straight Outta Compton (2015)

  • People that are out there, you know, ganking, right, Very experienced players who are dominating.

  • You trying to gank me, fool?

    John Dies at the End (2013)

  • Been wanting to gank that mother since mystery spot.

    Epoch of Lotus (2000)

  • When you feel like getting enough items to gank a bit, do Roshan or gather and push.

    Blog text (5)

  • Let's gank these fools.

    Bad Boys (1995)

  • The enemy team coordinated their attack to gank our player who was alone in the lane.

  • He tried to gank the unsuspecting opponent while they were busy farming.

  • If you want to succeed, you need to gank the weaker players when they least expect it.

Synonyms

to frag
vsto gank
  • NSFW
1 8.5

To kill an opponent in a video game

is a sudden easy kill that often uses surprise or overwhelming force

How Overwhelming

to annihilate
  • NSFW
63 7.5
to overpower
33 3.8
to gank
  • Slang
6 9.9
to beat
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

gank infinitive
ganked past
ganked past participle
ganking present participle
ganks third person singular

Etymology

The word gank as a verb probably comes from the common word gang, which means 'group', or from older slang that meant 'to seize'. So in games, to gank someone is like a group surprising and quickly killing a lone player.