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to trank

to trank

1 9.9
To give a drug that makes a person or animal calm and sleepy
  • verb
  • /træŋk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : tranquilizar
  • To prepare for the flight, the owner asked the staff to trank his anxious cat.

Examples

Synonyms

to anesthetize
vsto trank
  • Specialized
12 7.1

To give medicine so a person or animal cannot feel pain, often before surgery

focuses on calming or sedating rather than inducing full anesthesia
to tranquilize
vsto trank
  • Specialized
10 6.8

To make a person or animal calm by giving them medicine

involves sedating someone with a tranquilizer rather than causing full unconsciousness
to tranq
vsto trank
  • NSFW
3 9.9

To give a drug that makes a person or animal calm

is the same meaning but in an informal short form
to anesthetise
vsto trank
  • Specialized
6.1

Give medicine so a person or animal does not feel pain during a medical procedure

aims to calm or sedate using tranquilizers instead of medical anesthesia

Antonyms

1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

How Sedated

to knock out
  • NSFW
210 4.3
to anesthetize
  • Specialized
12 7.1
to sedate
  • Specialized
95 6.8
to trank
  • NSFW
1 9.9
to soothe
63 3.4

Surface Forms

trank infinitive
tranked past
tranked past participle
tranking present participle
tranks third person singular

Etymology

The verb trank comes from the same idea and is a short form of tranquilize, with tranquil meaning 'calm', so to trank someone is to give them a drug to calm them or make them sleep.