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Rank

/ɹæŋk/

Rank is an adjective and adverb with 3 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

adjective
  1. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
    “Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?”
  2. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
    “I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.”
adverb
  1. Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms pong smelly stinky complete utter

Origin

From Middle English rank.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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