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noun. (UK, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky. The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Origin of Mank. From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin.
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- Dutch
- Maltese
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Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /mæŋk/ 2. Rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology 1
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”).
Etymology 2
Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch manc (“a limping or lame person”), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-.
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: -ɑŋk
Adjective
mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst) 1. lame
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian manco.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /mank/
Adverb
mank 1. not even
Etymology
Compare German mang. Related to English among.
Preposition
mank 1. among, amongst 1.1. 2003, De Bibel, Markus (Mark) 10:43: 1.1.1. Mank junt saul daut oba nich soo sennen; wäa mank junt well groot sennen, saul jun Deena sennen; 1.1.1.1. But that shall not be so among you; whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant;
Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth.
Mar 9, 2004 · Mank. noun: The flat beer (or sometimes foam) left at the bottom of a beer can or bottle. Sometimes used to describe over-used bong water . adj: manky. (mid western US) "Finish your beer, man." "Nah, nothing but the mank left." "Man, you drink some manky-ass beer!" "Change that bong water, dude, it's total mank !"
Dec 3, 2020 · If there’s a film likely to be in Oscars contention — because God knows the Academy loves a film about filmmaking — David Fincher ’s Mank, a black-and-white time capsule shot in loving but ...
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mank (not comparable) (British, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive. When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank. Synonyms. manky slang; ming slang; minging slang; Noun mank (uncountable) (British, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky. The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.
Mar 18, 2016 · adjective. very displeasing; "horrible". This food tastes mank. See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing. Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Submitted by Chris B. from Derbyshire, UK on Aug 22 2002 . verb. Mank: to chat or talk (derogatory). Are you two going to sit there manking all night?
