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rankouts

rankouts is the plural of rankout.

Meaning of rankout

Noun

rankout (plural rankouts)

  1. (slang) Synonym of snap (“an insult of the kind used in the African-American verbal game of the dozens”).
    • The subcategory of snaps or rankouts often follows the formula of “Your mother's like——; she——,” or “Your mother's so——, she——.” Examples are “Your mother's like a door-knob; everyone gets a turn” and “Your mother's so low, she could play handball on the curb.”2015, Simon J. Bronner, Encyclopedia of American Folklife
    Synonyms:
    snap

Questions about rankouts

What is rankouts the plural of?
Rankouts is the plural of rankout.

Words near rankouts in the dictionary

  1. ranknesses
  2. Ranko
  3. rankogram
  4. rankograms
  5. rankout
  6. rankouts
  7. ranks
  8. ranks of apparition
  9. rankshift
  10. rankshifted
  11. rankshifting

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