gank

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɡæŋk/
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/ˈɡæŋk/ · [ˈɡæŋk] · /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk/(US) · [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈɡɛ̃ŋk/(US) · [ˈɡɛ̃ŋk](US)

Definition of gank

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (slang, transitive)To swindle.
    “Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee”
    “Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.”
    “Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.”
    “And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.”
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verb

  1. (slang, transitive)To swindle.
    “Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee”
    “Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.”
    “Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.”
    “And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.”
  2. (slang, transitive)To steal.
    ““I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.”
    “It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.”
  3. (Internet, slang, transitive)To kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves.
    “Our group totally ganked this guy.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

1980s, of uncertain origin; possibly imitative or a derivation from gangster.

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