name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Hank
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhæŋk/ without æ-raising
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[ˈhæŋk] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /ˈheɪ̯ŋk/
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Canada, US: [ˈheɪ̯ŋk]
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Canada, US: /ˈhɛ̃ŋk/
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Canada, US: [ˈhɛ̃ŋk]
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rhymes with -æŋk
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homophone: hank
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Canada, US: [ˈheɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈhɛ̃ŋk/
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homophone: Hank
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, [...] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire [...] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils [...]
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noun
Meaning 4
A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 5
Doubt, difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ulster
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noun
Meaning 6
Mess, tangle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ulster
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noun
Meaning 7
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
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noun
Meaning 8
Hold; influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 9
A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
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verb
Meaning 10
To form into hanks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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noun
Meaning 12
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
Narrower terms: skein
History
Etymology
From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чиле (čile) — coil or loop
- Czech: přadeno — coil or loop
- Finnish: vyyhti — coil or loop
- Finnish: kieppi — coil or loop
- Māori: pōkai — coil or loop
- Māori: kōrino — coil or loop
- Māori: pōkaimiro — coil or loop
- Russian: мото́к (motók) — coil or loop
- Bulgarian: бухта (buhta) — nautical: ring or shackle to secure staysail
- Finnish: litsa — nautical: ring or shackle to secure staysail
- Finnish: ratsastaja — nautical: ring or shackle to secure staysail
- Bulgarian: намотавам (namotavam) — To form into hanks