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# dank

adjective (dank, danker, dankest); (slang) dank = very good

«dank» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unpleasantly cold, wet and stale-smelling: «a dank cellar». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#m1)
2. (slang, mostly US, young people) Excellent, cool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#m2)

### In the lessons

A setting word in stories for gloomy dungeons, caves, cellars and old tunnels; it tells the reader the place is uncomfortable and maybe frightening. Science link: dank places grow mould. The slang sense is used jokingly online and by teenagers.

### Examples

- The dungeon was dark and dank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x1)
- A dank smell came from the old cellar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x2)
- Moss grew on the dank walls of the tunnel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x3)
- The Mole's tunnels felt dank in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x4)
- The house was dank after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x5)
- (slang) «That new game is dank!» said my cousin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/#x6)

### Note

Always about cold wetness, never pleasant (compare «damp», which is milder, and «moist»). The slang sense is very informal; do not use it in written work.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dank/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dank.html) on Mova free.