Stank

Pronunciation

• enPR: stăngk, IPA: /stæŋk/
• US enPR: stāngk, IPA: /steɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

1. stank

   (simple past of stink)

Full definition of stank

Adjective

1. (AAVE, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
• 2002, Tasha C. Miller, Assout: Incoherent Thoughts and Poems of an Unemployed Black Girl (page 11)Fishy, pussy funky elevator
  Pissy, broke ass project elevator
  Old baby piss, stank ass horse, cat piss smelling funky hot ass elevator
  I'm not climbing no 17 flights...
• 2003, Tariq Nasheed, Play or be played (page 124)This is why most top-notch women can't stand stank hoes. Classy women have more contempt for these women than men do.
• 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later... (page 31)He wants my love; he wants the love from here and just what's between your stank-ass legs.

Old French estanc, (French étang), from Latin stagnum ("a pool"). Compare stagnant, stagnate.

Noun

1. (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
2. (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.

Derived terms

• stank hen, stankie

Old French estanc, or Italian stanco. See stanch (adjective).

Adjective

1. (obsolete) weak; worn out

Compare Swedish word, meaning "to pant".

Verb

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To sigh.

Anagrams

• tanks