The word in Yiddish means "sick," and was brought into the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta.
Can be used in the sense of "messed up" as in "these forks are crunk," and spread to "messed up" as from controlled substances
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the ghetto version of the past tense of crank; cranked up or crunk

Lil' John once said this was the definition himself
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Adjective: A Southern U.S. Hip-Hop term for describing the level of excitement at an event or an excitable attitude.
Verb: Provoke excitement.
Noun: Southern U.S. Hip-Hop music using electronic drum sounds and synthesized brass instruments. Made most popular by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys.
"That party was crunk! People were shooting and two cats who were trying to get crunk got shot. They were playing crunk like Young Joc and Dem Franchise Boys. That's what I think really crunked-up the party.
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Contrary to popular belief, crunk is actually the words "crazy" and "funk" put together. It is not as recent a word as many think; it has been used in rap as early as 1995, but it was popularized by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz much more recently.
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Crunk (or krunk) is a specific type of hip hop music, based out of the southern United States, particularly Atlanta, Georgia. While most crunk-style music could be called "Dirty South" or southern rap, the reverse is not necessarily true. Eightball & MJG for example have a more "Southern funk" sound.

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crunk adj 1. extremely fun. ("That party was so crunk that I didn't want to end it .") 2. excited, hyper; eager to go out and do something.

1. Lets get this thang crunk.
1. Lil jon makes "Crunk" music.
2.Let's get this party CRUNKKK!!!
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A combo of "Crap" and "Junk", Crunk denotes something that is bad, no good, and shabby.
"Those Uggs look like Crunk" or "She Wants Revenge is so crunk".
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To get crazy and act a fool.
I got so damn crunk last night, I shot up dat nigga house
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