different between gank vs fank

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

Verb

gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)

1. (transitive, slang) To swindle.
   • 1989, The Beastie Boys in "Car Thief" from the album Paul's Boutique

     Then I met this girl she tried to gank me / So I smacked her in the booty with M.C. Plank Bee

   • 2001, Delphine Jamet, Street Kid in the City [1]

     Jay was ganked (mugged) for $55 by some Noongar boys when Brad told them he had a lot of money on him.

   • 2004, Mike Sager, Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Murder Page 135

     Just as Eazy had robbed Lonzo at Crew Cut Records, Suge and Dre had now ganked Eazy. This time, however, there was a slight problem.

   • 2004, U.S. Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Combating Gang Violence in America Page 28

     And in the old days, you know, if you ganked a drug dealer, they would beat you senseless.

2. (transitive, slang) To steal.
   • 2002, A. K. Stanfield, Zen Smoking: A Mock Epic with Stock Characters Page 261

     “I ganked these from the Major's house last night,” I explained, reaching into the backpack to withdraw the two books.

   • 2006, N. Frank Daniels, Futureproof Page 206

     It was one of the syringes Splinter ganked from the hospital the other day when he was in there for chest pains.

Etymology 2

From gang and kill.

Verb

gank (third-person singular simple present ganks, present participle ganking, simple past and past participle ganked)

1. (transitive, Internet, online gaming, slang) To kill much weaker players in an online video game in such a way that they cannot defend themselves. Common methods include attacking in much greater numbers or taking a well-equipped high-level character to assault players in a starting area.

   Our group totally ganked this guy.

Anagrams

• Kang, kang, knag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Gang

Noun

gank m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Kajkavian) passage
2. (Kajkavian) hall, hallway, corridor

Related terms

• prolaz, hodnik

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic fang.

Noun

fank (plural fanks)

1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Translations

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989