crunk
a type of hip-hop or rap music characterized by repeated shouted catch phrases and elements typical of electronic dance music, such as prominent bass; a person who is very excited or full of energy; a blend of crazy and drunk
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crunk
(krŭngk)adj. Slang Wildly excited or intoxicated.
n. A style of hip-hop music originating in the southern United States, characterized by electronic sounds, simple refrains, and a high-energy, heavily rhythmic beat.
[
Originally a word of varying but positive meaning appearing in the early 1990s in the lyrics of hip-hop groups from the American South (later often interpreted as a blend of
crazydrunk).]
crunk′y adj.
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crunk
(krʌnk) n (Pop Music) a form of hip-hop music originating in the southern states of the US
[C20: from cr(azy) + (dr)unk]
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