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Hank

name
/ˈhæŋk//ˈheɪ̯ŋk/CA

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.

  1. derived from *hakô✻ — “hook”
  2. derived from hank

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Henry.

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).

  3. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

    • Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
    • […] her hair was as straight as a hank of cotton.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide…

      A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.

    2. Doubt, difficulty.

    3. Mess, tangle.

    4. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

    5. Hold

      Hold; influence.

      • Seldom doth a man fall into a Preſumptuous Sin, but vvhere the Devil hath got ſuch a hanke over him, […]

    6. A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg…

      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.

    7. To form into hanks.

    8. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

      • where stood a fyne howse newly built and vaulted, over wheron her armes was sett and hanked with tapestrye

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA