different between gink vs gank

English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

gink (plural ginks)

1. (originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:

     Adrian felt that it was he who had brought Tom into notice and popularity, that Tom was his own special creation. The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:person, Thesaurus:man, Thesaurus:friend; Thesaurus:dork, Thesaurus:fool

References

• “gink, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2017

Anagrams

• King, king

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