different between jank vs mank

English

Etymology

Ostensibly back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”).

Noun

jank (uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, rare) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
   • 2013, Nick Sutrich, Android Headlines

     This also marks the first time I haven’t felt that Samsung jank on the phone, which deserves its own paragraph in its own right. That weird stuttering and pausing you’ve seen on so many Samsung phones seems to be almost completely gone on the Note 3 […]

   • 2013, Addy Osmani, Smashing Magazine

     In cases where you’re concerned about scrolling, the browser can manage the frame rate for you. But if you introduce a large amount of jank, then it won’t be able to do as good a job.

   • 2015, Bogdan Petrovan, Android Authority

     in order to hit this impressive frame rate, the “jank-free” Sky prioritizes the UI over other processes, meaning the app should stay smooth when it works heavily in the background.

   • 2018, Eli White, Facebook React Native Blog

     Even though JavaScript will try to update the animation every frame, it will likely not be able to do that fast enough and will cause dropped frames (jank) to occur.

Related terms

• janky

Adjective

jank (comparative more jank, superlative most jank)

1. (computing, slang, rare) janky (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

jank c (plural janken, diminutive jankje n)

1. yowl, howl, cry

Synonyms

• gejank

Related terms

• janken

Verb

jank

1. first-person singular present indicative of janken
2. imperative of janken

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²j??k/, /²j??k/, /²jæ?k/

  Rhymes: -???k, -à?k

  Homophone: Janck

Etymology

A k-derivative of jamn (“even.”)

Verb

jank

1. adjust, e.g. to smoothen out or cut evenly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

Related terms

• mangle

Etymology 2

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

Adjective

mank (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.

   Synonyms: (slang) manky, (slang) ming, (slang) minging

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch manc (“a limping or lame person”), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Inflection

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken