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dank

adj
/ˈdæŋk//ˈdeɪ̯ŋk/CA

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.

  1. derived from *dankwaz✻ — “dark”
  2. inherited from danke — “wet, damp; dampness, moisture”

Definitions

  1. Dark, damp and humid.

    • The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
    • Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.
    • Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.

  2. Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.

    • That was dank bud.

  3. Great, awesome.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Expounding right-wing views in a cool way

      Expounding right-wing views in a cool way; based.

      • His house organ Breitbart and a host of Trump-right websites and news outlets sang praises to his dank genius.

    2. Moisture

      Moisture; humidity; water.

      • The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
      • Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky

    3. Dankness

      Dankness; a dark, moist and usually unpleasant atmosphere.

      • You ain't thinking of getting rid of the dank, are you, Moe?
      • Out of curiosity I follow him down into the dank of the basement.
      • Now, though, there was a sound that seemed quite out of place there in the dank of the forest. It was the most beautiful, harmonious sound that Susie had ever heard.

    4. Strong, high-quality cannabis.

      • I got more growin' pains than Maggie / 'Cause homies nag me to take the dank out of the baggie
      • Smoking mids will get you about three times higher than shwag, and same for dank—it'll be about six times higher than smoking some mids.

    5. To moisten, dampen

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

    6. A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dank. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA