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skank

[skangk] / skæŋk /


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A fine disc to just toss on the player — er, iPod — and skank along till the small hours.

From Washington Times Feb. 17, 2015

The arrangement is full of space and bloops, like chillwave trip-hop, before the rhythm starts to skank like the highly touted Wild Belle, who we raved about earlier this year.

From The Guardian May 31, 2012

Over on the Revellers' Stage, Horace Andy provides a more reassuring skank, while another of Massive Attack's old muckers Neneh Cherry manages to rouse the crowd with a bassy version of Buffalo Stance.

From The Guardian Aug. 6, 2011

They are not that, however — more of a jangly, fiddlefied Americana-pop band dabbling in Irish jig, reggae skank and the occasional extended improv.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2010

Things really lit up when keyboardist Seth Justman played the opening notes to "Freeze Frame," which later segued into the reggae-fied skank of "Give It to Me."

From Reuters Aug. 17, 2010




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