A term used by people who regularly get high to refer to something of superior quality. More specifically, it can be used to refer to very strong smelling and thus high-quality cannabis. Dank would be synonymous with words like remarkable and awesome.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
dank (adjective)unpleasantly moist or wet - a dank basement wet
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
dank (adjective)slightly or moderately wet
SYNONYMS:
damp, dampish, dank, wettishRELATED WORDS:
semimoist; dewy, misty; clammy; humid, muggy, sticky; sultry, summery, sweltering, torrid, tropical; awash, bathed, doused ( dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, steeped, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soakedNEAR ANTONYMS:
arid, dry, waterless; baked, bone-dry, burned ( burnt), dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, sere ( sear), sunbaked; hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertightDank (Wikipedia)
Dank or DANK may refer to:
- Dank (horse), a British-trained thoroughbred racehorse
- Dank (surname), a surname
- Dank, Romania, a village in the commune of Aghireșu, Romania
- DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, a cultural organization in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Dank meme, an Internet meme that is said to be "cool" or "awesome"
- Dank (cannabis), a slang name for cannabis or marijuana
- Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress (German American National Congress)
Dank (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæŋk/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /deɪŋk/
- Rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology 1
From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However
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