crunk

adjective

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hyper, excited, enthused

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Collocates buck⁵, weed³, bitch², mean-mug², blunt², hoe², the Bay², bar², represent², trick², as fuck², hype², hyphy², it's on², H-town, hard, hella, hood, hype, mayne, off the chain, onion, pimp, pump, rap, Remy, ride, roll, skunk, soldier, spot, stunt, the A, throw up, tote, what's up, wodie, X, ya heard, third coast, and shit, bitch, block, bow, Chi-town, Dirty South, drank, faded, for real, fucked up, G, game

Etymology some suggest a derivation from "crazy" + "drunk", but considering how "crunk" is used with "drunk" (e.g. 1996-10-29 Da Brat "Make It Happen"), this doesn't seem likely

Synonyms buck, buck-wild, crunked, crunked up, geeked, hype, hyphy, jiggy, sprung

Related concepts geek

Timeline

1995-05-25 Three 6 Mafia "Now I'm High Pt. 3" [Mystic Stylez]
Crunk by onion weed
1995-05-25 Three 6 Mafia "Tear Da Club Up" [Mystic Stylez]
Now I'm crunk, breakin' bottles up against da fuckin' wall
1995-11-21 Cold World Hustlers "Cold World" [Iceland]
80-proof gin and juice keep me crunk for you fools

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crunk

adjective

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

exciting

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Collocates club⁵, bow², bump², fa sheezy², mayne², spot², A.T.L., A-town, badunkadunk, bammer, beat, bitch, blunt, clique, dank, dog, for sure, flow, fo shizzle, G, gangsta, ganja, hood, jiggy, lab, off the chain, punk, skunk, swang, thump, time, yo

Etymology perhaps a past-participial form of crank

Synonyms cavi, def, dope, fresh, hot, hype, John Blaze, John Blazed, John Blazin, off the chain, off the heezy, off the hizzle, off the hizzy, off the hook, peng, spank, tight

Timeline

1994-04-26 OutKast "Player's Ball" [Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik]
I gots it crunk, if it ain't real, ain't right
1994-04-26 OutKast "Hootie Hoo" [Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik]
Follow the funk from the skunk and the dank that is crunk in the dungeon
1995-03-28 OutKast "Benz Or Beemer" [New Jersey Drive Soundtrack]
Thinkin of startin the ways to get that motherfucker krunk

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crunk

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a sub-genre of hip-hop music which originated in Memphis, Tennessee and was popularized by Three 6 Mafia and Tha East Side Boyz

Collocates hyphy², snap², backpack, club, gangsta, hip-hop, hype, wild out

Related concepts Dirty South, hyphy, snap

Timeline

2000-01-04 H.A.W.K. "I Can Make You Dance" feat. C-Note, DJ Screw, E.S.G., Lil' Keke [Under Hawk's Wings]
South-side crunk, pop your trunk, and make it dance
2001-12-03 Cypress Hill "Lowrider" feat. Mellow Man Ace [Stoned Raiders]
Got that crunk for yo' trunk, goin gangsta crazy
2003-03-11 Killer Mike "Re-Akshon Remix" feat. Bun B, T.I. [Monster]
The king of crunk and King Kong, all on the same song

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