dank
Meanings
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.
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
Scrabble Score: 9
dank is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddank is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dank is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
dank is a valid Words With Friends word