skronkint.n.
/skrɒŋk/, U.S. /skrɑŋk/ A. int.
U.S. Representing any of various loud, harsh sounds. Somewhat rare.
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1897 N.Y. Observer 29 Apr. 628/1 He's all hoarse, and skronk, skronk, like a frawg.
1985 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 10 Oct. 5 a/1 My car's brakes are going ‘skronk’. Loudly.
B. n.
The use of dissonance or inharmonious noise, esp. loud distorted guitar, in certain forms of popular and experimental music.
ΚΠ
1981 Village Voice (N.Y.) 30 Sept. 57/1 Christgau calls it ‘skronk’. I have always opted for the more obvious ‘horrible noise’.
1995 A. Jones Plunderphonics, 'Pataphysics & Pop Mech. 119 The improvised elements challenge the hegemony of the strings, the skronk of Cochrane's guitar at times reducing them to helpless glissandi and decaying phrases.
1998 Melody Maker 28 Feb. 44/4 In their own words, they are purveyors of ‘free jazz skronk’ which, in layman's terms, can be read as either ‘music at its purest and most primeval’ or ‘arty bollocks played by buffoons’.
2007 Uncut Feb. 71/5 Their fifth album is shrill, theatrical, and unhinged, sometimes more reminiscent of the deranged skronk of Pussy Galore.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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