crunk
/kɹʌŋk/adjective, noun, verb
crunk is spelled C-R-U-N-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crunk means “Crazy and intoxicated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crunk?
| Letters | 5: C-R-U-N-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 72,332nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crunk?
Crunk appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crunk?
- /kɹʌŋk/
Crunk has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-crunk.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crunk
- crunker comparative
- crunkest superlative
- krunk
- crunks present, singular, he/she/it
- crunking participle, present
- crunked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crunk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USslangCrazy and intoxicated.
Get crunk, who u wit’?
noun
- 1
A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of crank
- 2
obsoleteTo cry like a crane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crunk come from?
Attested in the Southern US since the late 1980s, originally in the sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”. Popularized by its use in the fusion genre of crunk music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, on their 1997 debut album Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).