hank

IPA: hˈæŋk

Root Word: Hank

A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
(archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
(nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
(Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
(Ulster) Mess, tangle.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
(obsolete) Hold; influence.
(wrestling) 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.

Examples of "hank" in Sentences

He was in a hank.
She had a lot of hanks.
I bought a hank of yarn.
I needed a lot of hanks.
There was a hank of hair.
My mother gave the hank to me.
I needed a hank to make the hat.
I was looking for a hank in my room.
Hank and the crew had to jump off the boat.
Well I sure as heck dont need "hank" with me in a bar.
Hank was involved in the launching of the foreign satellite in China.
"hank" drawn around my neck, serving as hank and bandage alternately.
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1 In the notation of yarn the unit is the relation of the "hank" of 840 yards to the pound.
We stood on the brink of a wall, over which the stream at our side fell in a "hank" of divided cataracts.
And pieces of dead men—hands, arms, a foot still wearing a boot, a hank of hair still rooted to a clump of clotted scalp.
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I believe you all have the rite to comment and express your opinions on this curious violation of nature, but I think none of you have the rite to judge the man personally. hank castle
My throat was sore and swollen for a day or two, and I felt so sorry for myself at times that I laughed to think how I must have looked: sitting on a stone, drinking a pan of tea without trimmings, that had got cold, and eating a shapeless lump of brown bread; my one "hank" drawn around my neck, serving as hank and bandage alternately.