to jank
9.9
To move or work in a sudden jerky way that often freezes
- verb
- /dʒæŋk/
- Jargon
:
funcionar mal
- The new app tends to jank when too many files are open at once.
Examples
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I said that this was going to be the final form the next time I did an update on this thing, and there's still a fair bit of jank here, but come on.
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Bad chromosomes, down's, janked up teeth.
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After the software update, the game still had some jank that made it frustrating to play.
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Many users reported jank during the streaming of the movie, causing it to pause intermittently.
Antonyms
How Glitchy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb jank comes from the same slang idea of a rough, jerky motion — to 'jank' is to move or run in a glitchy, uneven way. That's why we say a video or program 'janks' when it does not play smoothly.