A fork of Rural Dictionary
A complimentary opinion, as in, "it ranks highly", though the adverb (such as "highly") is deliberately left out. Used mostly when lauding a visual or musical work of art.
"The Beatles' 'Rubber Soul' ranks." "'Star Wars' ranks." "His guitar-playing ranks."
Short term for rancid.
Josh: awww, a dead rabbit. James: awww rank!
ranking,rankin',etc. can also mean someone is hiding their affiliations, not representing their Identity when asked , usually by a rival gang when a gang member is in the wrong varrio,hood, or turf.
"eh holmes , where you from, eh?" "um, nowhere , eh. uh, uh " "tskchhhh, Chale!, holmes,you're focken RANKING esse."