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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) skank
to dance with violent, jerky movements, rhythmically bending forward and raising the knees, usu. to reggae music.

2. (n.) skank
a prostitute.

3. skank
dirty or repulsive matter; filth.

4. skank
a dirty, repulsive, or immoral person.

Etymology: (1980–85, Amer.; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'skank'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) filth, crud, skank
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

2. (verb) skank
a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees

3. (verb) skank
dance the skank

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