ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tranq

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtɹæŋk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tranq is a noun meaning (countable) Clipping of tranquilizer.

Meaning

(countable) Clipping of tranquilizer.

More Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The veterinary analgesic drug xylazine, used as a street drug.
  2. (transitive) Clipping of tranquilize.
  3. (intransitive) To use the drug called tranq.

Example Sentences

She needs you like she needs her tranqs / To tell her that the world is clean.
He was about to stand up and start on another rant, which only would have led to Sam tranqing him.
"I gave her a tranq," he said with anguish. "She asked for one and I found this bottle in the medicine cabinet and gave it to her."
In viral videos uploaded to social channels such as TikTok, tranq users are filmed when they are in a physical state in which they are unlikely to be able to consent.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trank, tranx, xylazine, xylazin, zylazine, xylacine.

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