Usually means: Clunky, awkward, unreliable in execution.
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  1. Jank, jank: Wordnik
  2. jank: Wiktionary
  3. Jank (band), Jank (surname), Jank: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Jank: Rhymezone

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jank (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. jank, jank: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (jank)

noun:  (computing, slang) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
noun:  (video games, slang) Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
noun:  (by extension) A game, or games, with such mechanics.
adjective:  (computing, slang) Janky.

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