Definitions

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  • adjective in the manner of a skank (disreputable woman)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Etymologies

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skank +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Stumbling drunk Jenna Bush spotted in skanky DC bar by on

    09/27/2004 2004

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    09/27/2004 2004

  • Gordon might as well have called her skanky, the way lovely sounded coming out of his mouth.

    Game For Anything Bella Andre 2010

  • "To some, a number is the difference between being dubbed skanky Paris Hilton and being considered a respectable woman."

    Archive 2006-10-01 Karyn 2006

  • How thin women really suffer and are called skanky when they take their clothes off.

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

  • Shorts and heels can look kinda skanky, which isn't always a bad thing (haha) but typically that look is frowned upon.

    Ask Fashion Kitty 2009

  • She kind of skanky, if I was rich and famous I would get someone younger and hotter.

    Rielle Hunter reveals new details 2010

  • I hung out at Tysons Corner Center over the weekend, figuring I'd bump into kids buying the kind of skanky, sequined hookup outfits they saw on the show, or rather, the kind that would soon be peeled off the underage bodies on the show.

    For teens, MTV's 'Skins' offers allure of the forbidden Petula Dvorak 2011

  • On Tuesday Joan defended her Lindsay Lohan jokes to 'The Insider' and took a dig at 'skanky' Sam.

    Lindsay Lohan Strikes Back At Joan Rivers 2010

  • On Tuesday Joan defended her Lindsay Lohan jokes to 'The Insider' and took a dig at 'skanky' Sam.

    Lindsay Lohan Strikes Back At Joan Rivers 2010

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  • Skanky is modern slang

    August 19, 2009