Gank
Gank has 2 meanings
To gang up on and kill a player
Example
Let's go gank Charlie before he powers up
Related Slang
| Ganking | Launching a surprise attack |
| aggro | Aggressive |
| Griefing | Irritating other players |
| Griefer | An irritating player |
| Trolling | Posting offensive comments |
| Troll | A person who posts offensive comments |
| Farming | Earning experience and items |
| Turtling | Playing defensively |
| aa | Autoattack |
| AYBABTU | All your base are belong to us |
| Owned | Dominated |
| pwnd | Owned |
| Babysit | To assist a champion in getting more powerful |
| ats | Attack speed |
| Beast mode | Dominating gameplay |
Categories
Steal
To gank can mean to steal, rob, cheat, or con. Typically, however, people use this version of gank to mean steal. For example, if a friend says "I ganked twenty bucks from my mom," it means they stole 20 dollars from their mother.
After becoming popular via various 1980s and 90s hip-hop songs, gank entered mainstream slang lexicons. Thus, gank is yet another example of a slang term that began as part of AAVE.
Example
Nicole always ganks my pens when we study
Gotta start tying them to your wrist. That's what I do
TMW you get ganked
Related Slang
| Caught in 4K | Caught in the act |
| Cash me outside | Come outside and I'll beat you |
| DLTCU | Don't let them catch you |
| Fanum tax | Taking food from a friend |
| Jockin my style | Copycatting |
| Porch pirate | A package thief |
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Gank is when multiple players gang up on a single player in a game and kill him. Players may do it for strategic purposes and/or to just irritate the player, aka griefing.
Gank comes from the combination of "gang" and "kill," and comes from the age-old "strength in numbers" strategy that transcends competitive games. However, it didn't receive the "gank" label until the early-2000s when online gaming began to increase in popularity.
It may be performed in any multiplayer game but is commonly used in MOBA games like Dota 2 and League of Legends (LoL). It is also done in MMORPG games like World of Warcraft (WoW).
While it is a useful strategy for prevailing in matches, some players do it just to make other players angry. Kind of like older brothers ganging up on the youngest sibling.