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# manky

«manky» in Mova's school dictionary: **Dirty, smelly or disgusting: manky socks** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (manky, mankier, mankiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Ireland, slang) Dirty, smelly or disgusting: manky socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#m1)

2) (UK, slang) Of poor quality; broken or worn out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#m2)

3) (UK, slang) Rotten or gone off, about food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Common in British and Irish children's talk: «That's manky!» means it is gross. Used about dirty clothes, mouldy food, a messy bedroom, or an old ball. It is casual, not rude. Phrases: manky old, that's manky.

### examples

- Your football boots are manky; clean them! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x1)
- Ew, that sandwich has gone manky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x2)
- Don't use that manky towel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x3)
- My trainers are so manky after the muddy walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x4)
- The bathroom at the campsite was really manky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x5)
- He kept his manky old teddy for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x6)
- This apple is manky inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x7)
- Put your manky socks in the wash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/#x8)

### note

Informal slang of the UK and Ireland; Americans would say «gross» or «nasty». Do not use in formal writing: say «dirty», «filthy», «rotten». Comparative: mankier, mankiest.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.