Meaning
Slang for a weapon — a gun or a knife. Common in dancehall and, especially, in UK-Jamaican road and drill speech, 'skeng' names the tool of violence, and a 'skeng man' is one who carries a weapon. Documented here for comprehension, it belongs strictly to the harsh vocabulary of the streets and gun talk, and it has travelled from Jamaica into British youth slang along with so much else. It names the blade or the gun bluntly, a word of the hard, dangerous world the music both reflects and, at times, glorifies.
Examples
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Di word 'skeng' means a gun or knife inna street slang.
The word 'skeng' means a gun or knife in street slang.
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It common inna dancehall an UK road slang.
It's common in dancehall and UK road slang.
Origin
Of uncertain Jamaican origin; a slang word for a weapon (gun/knife) that spread through dancehall and UK drill/road culture.
How it’s used
Documentation only. Street/gun slang for a weapon; part of violent-talk vocabulary. Compare 'shotta', 'ratchet'.