skank

Example Sentences

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A fine disc to just toss on the player — er, iPod — and skank along till the small hours.

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2015

The arrangement is full of space and bloops, like chillwave trip-hop, before the rhythm starts to skank like the highly touted Wild Belle, who we raved about earlier this year.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2012

Over on the Revellers' Stage, Horace Andy provides a more reassuring skank, while another of Massive Attack's old muckers Neneh Cherry manages to rouse the crowd with a bassy version of Buffalo Stance.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2011

They are not that, however — more of a jangly, fiddlefied Americana-pop band dabbling in Irish jig, reggae skank and the occasional extended improv.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2010

Things really lit up when keyboardist Seth Justman played the opening notes to "Freeze Frame," which later segued into the reggae-fied skank of "Give It to Me."

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2010