pank

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/ˈpæŋk/[ˈpʰæŋk]Canada, US/ˈpeɪ̯ŋk/Canada, US[ˈpʰeɪ̯ŋk]

noun

An irritating or stupid person.

“I was panking some snow the other day.”

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

pank1

nounpank (plural panks)

plural panks

  1. derogatoryrareslangAn irritating or stupid person.

    What a pank!

    1998 August 13, Grigori Khaskin, “Arutz 7 again”, in israel.lists.il-board (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022
    4 more examples

    We're through being cool We're through being cool Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts

    1981, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists, performed by DEVO

    > my name is vaughan mcdonald and i am in the tenth grade. this is my first time on senior chat and would like for someone to write back to me. > > Get out of this Newsgrp you pank. Can't you read is senior chat had to be a sophomore.

    1994 November 30, El Matador, “new user”, in k12.chat.senior (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022

    What a PANK. Think you could use a little bit more vulgar language for you personal attack here? Thanks, that's real helpful for the Net+ exam......dolt.

    2001 September 6, Gary, “low level format”, in alt.certification.network-plus (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022

    Boy, you really nailed it there, you panks.

    2004 October 12, Jim Brown, “And you thought quayle was dum”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022

pank2

verbpank (third-person singular simple present panks, present participle panking, simple past and past participle panked)

present singular third person panks · participle present panking · participle past panked · past panked

  1. Inland Northern AmericanregionalTo pack down, to compact (particularly snow).

    I was panking some snow the other day.

    1 more example

    I panked brown sugar into a container.

  2. datedTo breathe hard, pant.
  3. obsoleteTo pound.

Origin

pank · noun

Likely a modification of punk.

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pank · verb

Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to Swedish panka (“to be exhausted, give out”). Alternatively, perhaps a syncopated variant of panic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

pank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank

MLA

“pank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pank,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank.

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