skanked

Did reggae moves

Skanked is the past tense of skank, a verb with two main meanings.

In reggae and ska music, to skank is to dance with rhythmic arm movements and bent knees: We skanked all night at the show.

Separately, to skank someone is to cheat or swindle them: He skanked me out of twenty bucks.

dance

moshing

Violent crowd dancing

  • gigShort-term paid work
  • concertLive musical performance
  • crowdLarge public gathering

festival · moves · groove · two-tone · offbeat · upstroke · checkered · rude boy · soundsystem · pit

swindled

ripped off

Defrauded or overcharged

hustled · fleeced · duped · taken · stiffed · defrauded · gypped · bilked · hoodwinked · shortchanged

exhaustion

drained

Emptied of resources

shattered · worn out · depleted · fatigued · beat · bushed · done in · wrecked · zonked · burnt out

Opposites
movement style

skankedstood still

Ceased all movement

waltzed · moshed · sat out · shuffled · headbanged

musical engagement

skankedsat out

Declined to participate

observed · spectated · abstained · hung back

Family

skanky, skank, skanks, skanking

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