Hank Synonyms & Definitions

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• HankDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To form into hanks.
2. (n.) A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
3. (n.) Hold; influence.
4. (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
5. (n.) A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
6. (v. t.) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
7. (n.) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponents right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.

• HankerDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.
2. (v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.