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ganked

/ɡæŋkt/

ganked is the simple past and past participle of gank.

Meaning of gank

Verb (1)

gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)

  1. (slang, transitive) To swindle.
    • Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys
  2. (slang, transitive) To steal.
    • “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.2002, A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters, page 261

Verb (2)

gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)

  1. (Internet, slang, transitive) To kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves.
    • Our group totally ganked this guy.

Words that rhyme with ganked

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Questions about ganked

What is ganked the simple past and past participle of?
Ganked is the simple past and past participle of gank.
How do you pronounce ganked?
Ganked is pronounced /ɡæŋkt/.

Words near ganked in the dictionary

  1. ganjira
  2. ganjiras
  3. ganjs
  4. gank
  5. gankable
  6. ganked
  7. ganker
  8. gankers
  9. ganking
  10. gankings
  11. ganks

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