SKANK

Skank

Skank is a Brazilian rock/reggae band, begun in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais., they had sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums. Initially intending to mix dancehall with traditional Brazilian styles, later the band changed its sonority to music closer to Britpop and local movement Clube da Esquina.

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skank

Noun

  1. Any substance considered particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
    It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang. – Jay Mohr (Bob Sugar) in the movie ''''.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A dance performed to ska.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. The act of cheating a person through disloyal and selfish means with no shame to use deception in the process (most commonly to a known associate or friend).
  2. Referring to having insight or recognising a process to potentially being greatly non favourable to the (victim/) first person's benefit or interest.
    "that's not a good deal, it's a skank"

Verb

  1. To dance the skank
    Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To cheat, especially a friend.
    ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.


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