dank

[ dangk ]
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adjective,dank·er, dank·est.
  1. unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.

  2. Slang. (of marijuana) excellent; high quality: There was plenty of booze and dank weed at the party.

  1. Slang. (of an internet meme) passé or clichéd; out of touch; having missed the cultural Zeitgeist.

noun
  1. Slang. high-quality marijuana: We were just chilling out and smoking dank together.

Origin of dank

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English probably from Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish dänka, Norwegian dynke “to moisten,” cognate with Old Norse dǫkk “water hole”

Other words for dank

Other words from dank

  • dankly, adverb
  • dankness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for dank

dank

/ (dæŋk) /


adjective
  1. (esp of cellars, caves, etc) unpleasantly damp and chilly

Origin of dank

1
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dank marshy spot

Derived forms of dank

  • dankly, adverb
  • dankness, noun

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