Tranq

//tɹæŋk// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of tranquilizer. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang

    ""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.""

  2. 2
    The veterinary analgesic drug xylazine, used as a street drug. slang, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    Clipping of tranquilize. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, transitive

    "He was about to stand up and start on another rant, which only would have led to Sam tranqing him."

  2. 2
    To use the drug called tranq. intransitive, slang

Synonyms

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tranquilizersleep inducertranquilizetranquilizerxylazine

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""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.""

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