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tranx

/ˈtɹæŋks/

tranx noun: medicinal tranquilizers for human consumption, whether legal or illegal.

Noun

tranx pl (normally plural, singular trank or tranq)

  1. (plural, plural-normally, slang) Medicinal tranquilizers for human consumption, whether legal or illegal.
    • "If the girl wants to sleep, let her do it on her own time. She must have gulped a handful of tranx, for Christ's sake. I couldn't even get her to make conversation."
    • "Hey, man—now listen. Greta wouldn't take no tranx when she's working."1975, Russell H. Greenan, Heart of Gold, page 114

Forms of tranx

singulartrank
singulartranq

Words that rhyme with tranx

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Questions about tranx

What does tranx mean?
Tranx means medicinal tranquilizers for human consumption, whether legal or illegal.
What part of speech is tranx?
Tranx is a noun.
How do you pronounce tranx?
Tranx is pronounced /ˈtɹæŋks/.

Words near tranx in the dictionary

  1. tranthyretin
  2. Trantifa
  3. tranting
  4. trants
  5. tranty
  6. tranx
  7. tranylcypromine
  8. Tranzschel's law
  9. Traore
  10. Traores
  11. trap

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