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单词 gank
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gankn.

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare.
(See quot.)
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Iivb Gank, a Soil lying in some Veins of a very Red or Yellow colour, sometimes Branching and Spreading itself in small Strings or Joynts to the Rachill, by which Signs it is very probable a Vein may be discovered; some Veins are naturally much inclined to it, such we call Gankey Veins.

Derivatives

ˈganky adj. containing or resembling ‘gank’.
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1747 [see main sense].
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Sijb The Joynts in it are of a red Colour, or gankey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gankv.

Brit. /ɡaŋk/, U.S. /ɡæŋk/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: gangster n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) an imitative formation (perhaps compare skank v. 3), or perhaps (ii) arising from shortening of a pronunciation with medial /k/ of gangster n. (compare forms of that word such as gankster, ganksta, ganxta found from late 20th century onwards in African-American usage).
slang.
1. transitive. Chiefly U.S. (originally in African-American usage). To rob or defraud (a person). Also: to steal (property).
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1987 ‘N.W.A.’ Dope Man (transcribed from song) in Panic Zone Man, I can't believe this shit, this bitch is trying to gank me.
1989 Chicago Tribune 19 July ii. 10/1 In their confession to police, the two youths said they would go..‘gank an o.g.’, which means they would drive around until they spotted an elderly woman, usually at a bank or shopping center.
1999 CMJ New Music Rep. 3 May 38/3 The California boys, fresh from having their equipment ganked in Philly, were still psyched to play their first headlining gig.
2012 ‘Noire’ Sexy Little Liar i. 6 A throwed-off drug dealer named Punchie Collins was tryna slump me for ganking him outta some ends.
2015 Antioch Rev. 73 533 Heard they ganked, like, two grand worth of cigs from the PX.
2. transitive. In video games: to attack or kill (a player who is vulnerable or at a disadvantage).
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2000 So how many of you got ‘ganked’? in rec.games.computer.ultima.online (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Dec. When one or two foolish friends of a victim tried to attack.., they'd pop out of hiding and ganked them as well.
2006 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 18 Sept. 48 Blizzard improved on previous MMOs..by cleverly crafting its game so that newbies could build up characters at their own pace, shielded from predators who would casually ‘gank’ them.
2013 Voice (Bloomsburg, Pa.) (Nexis) 10 Oct. 1 He made it out alive with only twenty-two HP when he was ganked by Jax and Zed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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