skanker

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskæŋkə/
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/ˈskæŋkə/ · [ˈskæŋkə] · /ˈskæŋkɚ/ · [ˈskæŋkɚ] ~ [ˈskæŋkɹ̩] · /ˈskeɪ̯ŋkɚ/ · [ˈskeɪ̯ŋkɚ] ~ [ˈskeɪ̯ŋkɹ̩] · /ˈskɛ̃ŋkɚ/ · [ˈskɛ̃ŋkɚ] ~ [ˈskɛ̃ŋkɹ̩]

Definition of skanker

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who dances the skank.
    “Yellowman, the salacious skanker whose purple raps have kept him in hot water for many years, had surgery recently. His ironic ailment? Cancer of the jaw.”
    “From the whispered vocals in Shadow of Fear’s “Now’s the Time,” with its softly flanged streaks, to the punky Idiot Humans, whose metal-edged “Dressed in Green” howls and growls for skanker’s delight, Pelted is either delightfully or annoyingly consistent.”
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noun

  1. Someone who dances the skank.
    “Yellowman, the salacious skanker whose purple raps have kept him in hot water for many years, had surgery recently. His ironic ailment? Cancer of the jaw.”
    “From the whispered vocals in Shadow of Fear’s “Now’s the Time,” with its softly flanged streaks, to the punky Idiot Humans, whose metal-edged “Dressed in Green” howls and growls for skanker’s delight, Pelted is either delightfully or annoyingly consistent.”
  2. (Jamaica)A dishonest or dissolute person.
    “But please make sure you’re not a skanker out to give worries.”
    “Including di skanker wid di cane cause when mi si fi him video and di comment whey dem all a come include Toya ina it like Toya was a teef.”

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Etymology

From skank + -er.

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