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mank
mank
English
Verb
mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)
- (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.
Adjective
mank (not comparable)
- (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.
- When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank.
Synonyms
Noun
mank (uncountable)
- (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.
- The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑŋk
Adjective
mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)
Inflection
| Inflection of mank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mank | |||
| inflected | manke | |||
| comparative | manker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | mank | manker | het mankst het mankste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | manke | mankere | mankste |
| n. sing. | mank | manker | mankste | |
| plural | manke | mankere | mankste | |
| definite | manke | mankere | mankste | |
| partitive | manks | mankers | — | |