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skronky

skronky adjective: raw and discordant, especially of an electric guitar.

Adjective

skronky (comparative more skronky, superlative most skronky)

  1. (US, slang) Raw and discordant, especially of an electric guitar.
    • MODESELEKTOR (Saturday) This duo, from Berlin, plays skronky, occasionally disconcerting electronic music, and has benefited enormously from the copious—and copiously heeded—praise of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
    • This is the kind of difficulty that has a kinship with skronky jazz, and avant-garde noise, and some hip-hop, and lots of punk rock.2019, Stephanie Burt, Don't Read Poetry

Forms of skronky

comparativemore skronky
superlativemost skronky

Origin of skronky

From skronk + -y.

Questions about skronky

What does skronky mean?
Skronky means raw and discordant, especially of an electric guitar.
What part of speech is skronky?
Skronky is an adjective.

Words near skronky in the dictionary

  1. Skrockis
  2. skronk
  3. skronked
  4. skronking
  5. skronks
  6. skronky
  7. skrrt
  8. skrrted
  9. skrrting
  10. skrt
  11. skruff

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