by Regulus132 October 9, 2008
One who steals or plagiarises other's work and tries to pass it off as their own. Worse is that they first try to convince someone else to pass it off to see if they get caught, and if not, then they go ahead and use the content.
"So what did that shanky guy get for the programming assignment?"
or
"Did you write that code yourself?"
"No, I did a shanky and stole it off the net"
or
"Did you write that code yourself?"
"No, I did a shanky and stole it off the net"
by Anjuli Ambani July 17, 2007
(Adjective) Related to the word janky, this is an added definition which means someone is janky enough to shank you.
"I would never be caught in an alley with them. They're shanky!"
"Watch out for that man in the trench coat, he looks really shanky!
"Watch out for that man in the trench coat, he looks really shanky!
by Lo-Cra February 26, 2009
shady, messed up, why would someone ever do something like that ? kind of like sheisty, but a better word for it in my opinion.
by Lududat March 1, 2010
Woah! Is that System of a Down? That's Shankis!!!
by Flying High December 8, 2002
Similar to a hanky, but used exclusively to clean up semen. Often times, gay men will carry a "Shanky" in their back left pocket should they need to clean semen from their face after a brief truck stop encounter.
"Jesus Shady, I'm going to be scrubbing your jaz out of my hair for weeks, hand me your Shanky, that'll suck up all this white goodness." -Praz
by Johnny KnoxviIIe February 14, 2006
by jazminj September 23, 2010