English Explanatory Dictionary

jank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
  2. Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
  3. A game, or games, with such mechanics.
adj
  1. Janky.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒæŋk/ [ˈd͡ʒæŋk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-jank.wav /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk]

Word forms

jank more jank most jank

Etymology

Ostensibly a back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”).

Related words

Eurojank janky
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