Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. intoxicated with drink and/or drugs.

1996		UGK ‘Pinky Ring’ 🎵 I’m still crunk at five in the mornin’.
2003		Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 2: crunk/crunked up – drunk.
2006		Silver Star on 1Xtra 16 Apr. [BBC radio] Viper kinda crunk under some Red Bull, and Guinness.
2012		M. Lacher On the Bro’d 30: I shotgunned another Natty, and was getting pretty awesome-crunk.
2020		G. Krauze What They Was 31: When he’d get crunk with me [...] he’d tell everyone in the room how I’m his brother.

2. excellent, wonderful.

1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Crunk (adj.) [...] 5. All that, tight, the best, good, great.
2004		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 2: crunk [...] cool, awesome, fun: The party last night was crunk.
2006		Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 7 Aug. 25/5: ‘Sarah’s party was crunk’.

3. (also crunked) excited, exciting.

1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Crunk (adj.) 1. Hype, exciting, or busy and crowded. [...] 3. Extremely excited; pumped up; feeling real good.
2001		Lil Jon Source Aug. 93: ‘Crunk’ is a word people in Atlanta say. We were the first ones to take the word and tell people to get crunk on a record and use it as a hook, really make a statement with it.
2002		Guerilla Maab ‘Put Yo Hood Up’ 🎵 Throw your hood up, everybody get crunked up.
2004		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 1: amped – excited [...] Also crunked.
2007		UGK ‘Life Is 2009’ 🎵 I brought the new style in and the bass it got crunker.
2008		Tech N9ne ‘Like Yeah’ 🎵 So jump up, get pumped up, crunked up.

4. crazy, obnoxious.

1996		UGK ‘Good Stuff’ 🎵 I know that make ya mega crunk .
1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Crunk (adj.) [...] 6. Crazy, loud, obnoxious.
2003		Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 2: crunk/crunked up – [...] acting wild.
2022		J. Hannaham Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit 214: Playin they ghetto blasters all crunk.