Pronunciations (6)
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/ˈdæŋk/
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[ˈdæŋk]
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/ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/
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[ˈdeɪ̯ŋk]
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/ˈdɛ̃ŋk/
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[ˈdɛ̃ŋk]
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Adjective
Dark, damp and humid.
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The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.
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Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage, / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? [...]
It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.
Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.
Usage- Figurative
- of marijuana
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That was dank bud.
Great, awesome.
Usage- Internet
- Ironic
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Expounding right-wing views in a cool way; based.
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His house organ Breitbart and a host of Trump-right websites and news outlets sang praises to his dank genius.
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One thing that always brings me joy at this time of year is to spot a really dank meme. Or seeing the number of plays on my Jordan Peterson podcast, or beholding one of my mutuals get traction on X with a thread on Cultural Marxism and Gender Ideology[…]
Noun
Moisture; humidity; water.
Usage- Uncountable
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The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky
Dankness; a dark, moist and usually unpleasant atmosphere.
Usage- Uncountable
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You ain't thinking of getting rid of the dank, are you, Moe?
Out of curiosity I follow him down into the dank of the basement.
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Now, though, there was a sound that seemed quite out of place there in the dank of the forest. It was the most beautiful, harmonious sound that Susie had ever heard.
Strong, high-quality cannabis.
Usage- Slang
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I got more growin' pains than Maggie / 'Cause homies nag me to take the dank out of the baggie
Smoking mids will get you about three times higher than shwag, and same for dank—it'll be about six times higher than smoking some mids.
Verb
To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
Noun
A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.
Usage- Historical
Adjective
of high quality especially of marijuana
unpleasantly cool and humid
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a clammy handshake
clammy weather
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a dank cellar
dank rain forests