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Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world.
John Singleton

Meaning of "crunk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRUNK

From cr(azy) + (dr)unk.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CRUNK

crunk  [krʌnk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRUNK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crunk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRUNK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Crunk

Crunk or krunk is a style of hip hop music that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–04. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as "crunksters". Crunk is often up-tempo signifies one of southern hip hop's more club oriented sub genres. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and shouting vocals, often in a call and response manner. The term "crunk" is also used as a blanket term to denote any style of Southern hip hop, a side effect of the genre's breakthrough to the mainstream. The word derives from a slang past-tense form, "crunk", of the verb "to crank", but has also been popularly assumed to mean "crazy drunk", after association with Crunk Juice, a brand of strong alcoholic beverage associated with the music genre.

Definition of crunk in the English dictionary

The definition of crunk in the dictionary is a form of hip-hop music originating in the southern states of the US.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRUNK

crumpy
crunch
crunch time
crunchable
cruncher
crunchie
crunchily
crunchiness
crunchings
crunchy
crunodal
crunode
cruor
crupper
crura
crural
crus
crusade
crusader
crusading

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRUNK

cabin trunk
drunk
dry drunk
half-drunk
preshrunk
punch-drunk
Saratoga trunk
shrunk
tree trunk
trunk
undrunk
unshrunk
wardrobe trunk

Synonyms and antonyms of crunk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crunk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRUNK

Find out the translation of crunk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crunk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crunk» in English.

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旷课
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crunk
570 millions of speakers

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crunk
510 millions of speakers

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crunk
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كرونك)
280 millions of speakers

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Crunk
278 millions of speakers

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crunk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রুঙ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crunk
220 millions of speakers

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Kenyang
190 millions of speakers

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Crunk
180 millions of speakers

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クランク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

취해
85 millions of speakers

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Crunk
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

crunk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

க்ரங்க்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कातडयाचा तुकडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crunk
70 millions of speakers

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crunk
65 millions of speakers

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crunk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Crunk
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crunk
30 millions of speakers
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crunk
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

crunk
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

crunk
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

crunk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crunk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRUNK»

The term «crunk» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.287 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRUNK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crunk

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2 QUOTES WITH «CRUNK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crunk.
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Chingy
Even if I make a gospel album, my gospel songs are going to get you dancing and crunk.
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John Singleton
Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRUNK»

Discover the use of crunk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crunk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Brothers Crunk
Reynold follows his brother into the dark underworld of Tokyo, where there are no rules and old video game accessories are used as real weapons.THE BROTHERS CRUNK is an 8-bit fack-it-all adventure in 2D.
William Pauley III, 2011
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Crunk
North pitted against South! Rah-Rah, leader of NYC's underworld and KoKo, head of one of the Durty South's most ferocious Crunk-crews are on a collision course to destruction.
Bad Boyz, 2004
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Cookin' Crunk: Eating Vegan in the Dirty South
It's about passion and having pride in where you come from. For vegan blogger Bianca Phillips, it's also about creating no-frills, no-nonsense dishes that warm the soul and keep rich Southern traditions alive.
Bianca Phillips, 2012
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New Covenant Bound
"Our only sin was not having what they thought was enough. And being forced to take what they called help." Pain and anger resonate deeply in the voice of New Covenant Bound's central narrator.
Tony Crunk, 2010
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Living in the Resurrection
Living in the Resurrection, winner of the 1994 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, is about the tensions between allegiance to the history and traditions of the author's birthplace in western Kentucky and a longing for a more ...
Tony Crunk, 1995
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Crunk (pseudo incest)
Summary: Cougar on the prowl Rachel Coker turns her attention to Brent, her 20-year-old son. Banned by Amazon! Part of a short story collection to be released in 2011. * * * By author/artist/non-conformist, Jess C Scott.
Jess C. Scott, 2010
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Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee 1799-1832
CRUNK, Joseph H. is a child of John W. & Jerusha Corzine Crunk (1828) SB1 p. 139 CRUNK, Joseph H. is a child of John W. & Jerusha Corzine Crunk (1828) MB9 p. 293 CRUNK, Joseph H. is a child of John W. & Jerusha Corzine Crunk ...
Albert L. Johnson Jr., 2001
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Vibe
LIL JON'S CRUNK SURVIVAL KIT If you're lost outside the Dirty Dirty with no Club Bounce in sight, the King of Crunk suggests the following items to get you wild for the night. THE ESSENTIALS After the music, gettin' crunk starts here.
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Third Coast: OutKast, Timbaland, and how Hip-hop Became a ...
As a word, crunk presents an extreme example of Germanic word power— consider the subgenre's prospects had it been called enthusiasm or rotate (to use the closest Latin equivalent to crank) music. Crunk takes crank's Old English severity ...
Roni Sarig, 2007
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A/S/L/BRA SIZE: Confessions of a Chatroom Terrorist
<crunk> i take responsibility for myself <crunk> not blaming people that doing really wrong things is a cop out <nerdzy1> amen, bro...none of us is perfect crunk <crunk> judge a person on what they say and do. simple. <crunk> character is all  ...
Charles Oh, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRUNK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crunk is used in the context of the following news items.
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ARK: Survival Evolved Celebrates One Million Sales Crunk with …
ARK: Survival Evolved has only been available on Steam Early Access for 30 days and has already sold over a million copies. Usually, there ... «Twinfinite, Jul 15»
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Gronk, Big Papi “Turn it Up” with new Dunkin' Donuts music video
... entitled “Turn it Up,” features Gronk, Big Papi and, of course, the Dunkin' Donuts mascot (a real-life iced coffee, we assume), getting crunk in ... «SportzEdge.com, Jul 15»
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Review: Oh, Deer! (PS Mobile)
... the only SEGA link that's here: Streets of Rage 3 composer Motohiro Kawashima has been recruited to compose some bowel moving crunk. «Push Square, Jul 15»
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Baby Cakes – New Supergroup Makes Whatcom Proud
Whether he's performing with rock/electro/funk band Acorn Project, crunk soul cats Vaughn Kreestoe, or the jazz/funk/soul group Sunkenfoal, ... «whatcomtalk.com, Jul 15»
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2016 Volkswagen Multivan Business Speed Date
... specifically for the Multivan's interior. We pumped some crunk beats, and we'd be eager to put it in a sound-off against the Valente's Burmester setup. «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
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Music Video Monday: Lord T. and Eloise
I'm guessing probably not, because no matter how crunk you got over the fireworks and hotdogs, you didn't get as crunk as Lord T. and Eloise. «Memphis Flyer, Jul 15»
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The Best Songs of the Summer
After toiling as a Miami crunk rapper and Lil Jon's sidekick throughout the 2000s, Pitbull entered a new decade rebranding himself as Mr. «Complex, Jul 15»
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25 Booze-Filled Cupcakes That Take Dessert To A Whole New …
Now you can finally have your cake and get turnt up, too. Try not to drool on your keyboard as you check out these 25 crunk cupcake creations. «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
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Is Jason Derulo human after all?
A neo-crunk hoedown with Keith Urban and Stevie Wonder? Whatever it takes. The album's lead single, “Want To Want Me,” is an exception. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Posted Jul 2, 2015 at 03:27pm
It's almost like crunk and snap music never happened. Their latest, "Ten Ten," sounds like something that would be on ATLiens if it came out in ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Crunk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crunk>. May 2024 ».
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