hank
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Is hank a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of hank?
Definition
name (English)
1. (archaic) A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).archaic
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
2. (Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.Ulster
3. (Ulster) Mess, tangle.Ulster
4. (obsolete) Hold; influence.Examples: "Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]"obsolete
5. (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.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To form into hanks.transitive
2. (transitive, UK, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.Examples: "where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye"UKdialectaltransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary