# chank

Pronunciation: say "CHANGK" /tʃæŋk/

## Verb

1. To eat noisily, chewing with audible champing or chomping sounds. *(US)*
   - Simple: To eat in a loud, messy way, with lots of chewing noise.
   - _The children chank their cereal so loudly that no one can hear the television._
   - _She tends to chank when she's nervous at the dinner table._

## Noun

2. The large spiral shell of several sea conch species, much used in making bangles, especially that of Turbinella pyrum. *(India)*
   - Simple: The large spiral shell of a sea snail, often cut and polished to make bracelets.
   - _Artisans polish each chank before slicing it into bangles._
   - _A single chank can yield several bangles for the bridal market._
3. A derogatory and offensive ethnic slur directed at a person of Chinese descent.
   - Simple: A cruel and insulting word for a Chinese person. It is a slur and should never be used.
   - _She reported the coworker who called her a chank during the argument._
   - _Being called a chank left him shaken for days._

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — From Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).
**Meaning 1** — An expressive verb akin to champ and chomp, probably an alteration of champ.
**Meaning 3** — From a mispronunciation of chink.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chank (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).