dank
[ dangk ]
/ dæŋk /
adjective, dank·er, dank·est.
unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
Slang.
(of marijuana) excellent; high quality: There was plenty of booze and dank weed at the party.
Slang.
(of an Internet meme) passé or clichéd; out of touch; having missed the cultural Zeitgeist.
noun
Slang.
high-quality marijuana: We were just chilling out and smoking dank together.
Origin of dank
1350–1400; Middle English probably < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish
dänka, Norwegian
dynke “to moisten,” cognate with Old Norse
dǫkk “water hole”
OTHER WORDS FROM dank
dank·ly, adverb dank·ness, nounWords nearby dank
danish loaf,
danish oil,
danish pastry,
danish west indies,
danite,
dank,
danke,
danke schön,
dankworth,
danl.,
danmark
Example sentences from the Web for dank
British Dictionary definitions for dank
dank
/ (dæŋk) /
adjective
(esp of cellars, caves, etc) unpleasantly damp and chilly
Derived forms of dank
dankly, adverb dankness, nounWord Origin for dank
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish
dank marshy spot