1. [offensive] A promiscuous or disreputable woman
   - jade [archaic, informal], loose woman [informal], fornicatrix [informal]
    
2. [informal] Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
   "The bathroom was covered in skank";
   - filth [informal], crud [informal], grot [Brit, informal], scuzz [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. A rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
   "Everyone was doing the skank at the ska concert"

1. Dance the skank
   "The crowd skanked enthusiastically to the reggae music"

Derived forms: skanking, skanks, skanked

Type of: adult female, adulterer, dance, dancing, saltation [archaic], terpsichore, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic], waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, woman

Encyclopedia: Skank