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pank

/ˈpæŋk//ˈpeɪ̯ŋk/

pank noun: an irritating or stupid person.

Noun

pank (plural panks)

  1. (derogatory, rare, slang) An irritating or stupid person.
    • We're through being cool
      We're through being cool
      Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts1981, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists, performed by DEVO
    • > my name is vaughan mcdonald and i am in the tenth grade. this is my first time on senior chat and would like for someone to write back to me.
      >
      >
      Get out of this Newsgrp you pank. Can't you read is senior chat
      had to be a sophomore.1994 November 30, El Matador, “new user”, in k12.chat.senior (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022

Verb

pank (third-person singular simple present panks, present participle panking, simple past and past participle panked)

  1. (Inland-Northern-American, regional) To pack down, to compact (particularly snow).
    • I was panking some snow the other day.
    • I panked brown sugar into a container.
  2. (dated) To breathe hard, pant.
  3. (obsolete) To pound.

Forms of pank

Noun
pluralpanks
Verb
third-person singular presentpanks
present participlepanking
past participlepanked
pastpanked

Origin of pank

Likely a modification of punk.

Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to Swedish panka (“to be exhausted, give out”). Alternatively, perhaps a syncopated variant of panic.

Words that rhyme with pank

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Questions about pank

What does pank mean?
Pank means an irritating or stupid person.
What part of speech is pank?
Pank can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pank?
Pank is pronounced /ˈpæŋk/.
What is the plural of pank?
The plural of pank is panks.

Words near pank in the dictionary

  1. Panjshir Valley
  2. panjum
  3. panjums
  4. Panjwani
  5. Panjwanis
  6. pank
  7. Pankaj
  8. panked
  9. panker
  10. pankeratin
  11. pankeratins

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