Meanings
pank1
plural panks
- 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 20224 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 2022What 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 2022Boy, 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
present singular third person panks · participle present panking · participle past panked · past panked
- 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.
- obsoleteTo pound.
Origin
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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pank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank
“pank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pank,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pank.
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