crunk

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /krʌŋk/ UK /krʌŋk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like clunk /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

adj
a style of energetic Southern hip-hop; wildly excited or drunk (slang)

The whole club went crunk when the bass dropped.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · a style of energetic... hypedwild excited drunkrowdy

Opposites

calm sober

Etymology

American slang of late-20th-century origin, of uncertain formation — variously explained as a blend of 'crazy' + 'drunk' or as a fanciful past participle of 'crank'; the music-genre sense arose in 1990s Southern hip-hop.

Topics

Describing Qualities Register & Style

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# crunk

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /krʌŋk/
**IPA (UK):** /krʌŋk/

## Meanings
1. a style of energetic Southern hip-hop; wildly excited or drunk (slang)

## Examples
- The whole club went crunk when the bass dropped.

## Synonyms
- hyped
- wild
- excited
- drunk
- rowdy

## Antonyms
- calm
- sober

## Etymology
American slang of late-20th-century origin, of uncertain formation — variously explained as a blend of 'crazy' + 'drunk' or as a fanciful past participle of 'crank'; the music-genre sense arose in 1990s Southern hip-hop.

## AI Etymology
Crunk is an American slang of late-20th-century origin, of uncertain formation — variously explained as a blend of 'crazy' + 'drunk' or as a fanciful past participle of 'crank'; the music-genre sense arose in 1990s Southern hip-hop. In present use as adjective and noun, it means "a style of energetic Southern hip-hop; wildly excited or drunk (slang)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Its colloquial history matters: the word belongs to informal usage before settling into the present dictionary sense.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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