mank

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Dutch and Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

Related terms

• mangle

Etymology 2

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

Adjective

mank (not comparable)

1. (UK, slang) disgusting, repulsive

   When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank

Synonyms

• manky slang
• ming slang
• minging slang

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. Something that is disgusting or manky

   The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.

Etymology 3

(portmanteau) man + milk. Sometimes stylized as "MANK".

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) man milk, literally milk lactated from a male's nipple as opposed to a female's. Different meaning than the slang man milk, this is not semen.

   Baby Mank is a muscle baby raised on man milk, commonly known as mank.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Declension

Declension of mank

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		mank	manker
neuter singular	indefinite	mank	manker
	definite	manke	mankere	mankste	mankst, mankste
common singular		manke	mankere	mankste	mankste
plural		manke	mankere	mankste	mankste
partitive		manks	mankers

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken