hank
Meanings
Plural: hanks
Noun
- a coil of rope or wool or yarn
- A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
- A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
- Doubt, difficulty.
- Mess, tangle.
- A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
- Hold; influence.
- 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
- To form into hanks.
- To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 11
hank is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhank is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hank is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
hank is a valid Words With Friends word