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ketku — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lowlife noun A dishonest, disreputable person, especially one thought to have criminal habits.
  • punk noun A loud, rebellious style of rock music, or the subculture built around it, marked by aggressive guitars and anti-establishment attitude.
  • rascal noun A dishonest or badly behaved person, especially in a way that can seem mischievous rather than truly dangerous.
  • rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.

Senses

ketku is used for these senses in English:

  • lowlife (derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
  • punk (countable, US, slang) A worthless person, particularly: [from 1904]
  • rascal A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.
  • rook A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  • sewer rat (derogatory) A contemptible person.

lowlife — full definition

  1. noun A dishonest, disreputable person, especially one thought to have criminal habits.
  2. adj Disreputable or morally low; typical of such a person.

punk — full definition

  1. noun A loud, rebellious style of rock music, or the subculture built around it, marked by aggressive guitars and anti-establishment attitude.
  2. adj Worthless, low quality, or thuggish and disreputable.
  3. noun A young troublemaker or petty criminal.

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