pank

See also: Pank

English

Etymology

Likely a modification of punk.

Noun

pank (plural panks)

1. (slang, derogatory, rare) An irritating or stupid person.
   • 1981, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh (lyrics and music), “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists, performed by DEVO:

     We're through being cool
     We're through being cool
     Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts

   • 1994 November 30, El Matador, “new user”, in k12.chat.senior‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

     > 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.

   • 1998 August 13, Grigori Khaskin, “Arutz 7 again”, in israel.lists.il-board‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

     What a pank!

   • 2001 September 6, Gary, “low level format”, in alt.certification.network-plus‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

     What 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.

   • 2004 October 12, Jim Brown, “And you thought quayle was dum”, in rec.sport.football.college‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-23:

     Boy, you really nailed it there, you panks.

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish bank, although it is also believed to be from Low German bank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑnk/, [ˈpɑŋkˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnk
• Hyphenation: pank

Noun

pank (genitive panga, partitive panka)

1. bank (a financial institution that performs various monetary operations and thereby organizes money circulation; the corresponding building)
   • 2014, Tõnu Toompark, Nõuanded koduostjale‎^[5], →ISBN, page 40:

     Ei ole harvad juhud, kus kinnisvaramüüjad ja maaklerid reklaamivad koduostu kui investeeringut. Ka pankade tehtud uuringud kinnitavad, et Eesti inimesed peavad oma kodu kui kinnisvara väga heaks investeeringuks. Järgnevalt uurime, kas kodu ikkagi on investeering.

     It is not uncommon for real estate agents and brokers to promote home buying as an investment. The research done by the banks also confirms that Estonian people consider their home as real estate to be a very good investment. In the following, we examine whether a home is still an investment.

2. (gambling, poker) bank (a financial bet made at the start of a game)

Declension

Declension of pank (ÕS type 22u/leib, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pank	pangad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	panga
genitive			pankade
partitive		panka	panku pankasid
illative		panka pangasse	pankadesse pangusse
inessive		pangas	pankades pangus
elative		pangast	pankadest pangust
allative		pangale	pankadele pangule
adessive		pangal	pankadel pangul
ablative		pangalt	pankadelt pangult
translative		pangaks	pankadeks panguks
terminative		pangani	pankadeni
essive		pangana	pankadena
abessive		pangata	pankadeta
comitative		pangaga	pankadega

References

• pank in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “pank”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “pank”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English punk.

Noun

pank m (Cyrillic spelling панк)

1. punk (music of the punk movement)

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

pank

1. broke (lacking money; bankrupt)
   • 1883, Ernst Wallmark, Swedish translation of Friedrich Zell's libretto to Karl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent (1882)

     Nu är jag pank och fågelfri

     Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei

Declension

Inflection of pank

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	pank	—	—
neuter singular	pankt	—	—
plural	panka	—	—
masculine plural2	panke	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	panke	—	—
all	panka	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• luspank
• pankhet

References

• pank in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pank in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pank in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• knap