Hank
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhæŋk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hank is a noun meaning A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
Meaning
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
More Meanings
- (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.
- (transitive) To form into hanks.
- (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.
- (obsolete) Hold; influence.
Example Sentences
He found a hank of clothesline on a counter.
[…] her hair was as straight as a hank of cotton.
Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]
Word Forms
- hanks
- hanking
- hanked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ham, skein, coil, loop, curl, bundle.
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