Definition of DANK

dank

Plural: danks

Adjective Satellite

  • unpleasantly cool and humid
    • "a dank cellar"
    • "dank rain forests"

Adj

  • Dark, damp and humid.
  • Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.
  • Great, awesome.
  • Expounding right-wing views in a cool way; based.

Noun

  • Moisture; humidity; water.
  • Dankness; a dark, moist and usually unpleasant atmosphere.
  • Strong, high-quality cannabis.
  • A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

Verb

  • To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

Adjective

  • Unpleasantly damp, chilly, and often musty.

Examples

  • That was dank bud.
  • The atmosphere in the game was DANK, thick with tension as scores were neck and neck.
  • The dank cave was chilly and spooky.

Origin / Etymology

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, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”).
Modern slang senses derived from the drug sense; compare based (“awesome, especially in a right-wing context online”) from drug terminology freebased.

Synonyms

clammy

Scrabble Score: 9

dank: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dank: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dank: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

dank: valid Words With Friends Word