mank.
To mutilate.
Meaning & usage
To mutilate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).
Disgusting, repulsive.
When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank.
Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”).
Where this word comes from
Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
Something that is disgusting or manky.
The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.
Where this word comes from
Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
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