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— English words —

• hank n. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
• hank n. (Nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
• hank n. (Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
• hank n. (Ulster) Mess, tangle.
• hank n. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
• hank n. (Obsolete) Hold; influence.
• hank n. (Wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about…
• hank v. (Transitive) To form into hanks.
• hank v. (Transitive, UK, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
• Hank prop.n. A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
• Hank prop.n. (Archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Central franconian
  • Hank n. (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects) hand.
• Luxembourgish
  • Hank n. Slope, hillside.
• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • hank n. A handle (e.g. on a cup).

— English words, defined in German —

• hank S. (Garn) Strang, Docke.
• hank S. (Garnmaß) Hank.
• hank S. Legel.

— English words, defined in French —

• hank n. Bobine de quelque chose (typiquement de fil ou de corde) ; écheveau.
• hank n. (Marine) Anneau, maillon ou manille servant à fixer le guindant d’une trinquette ou d’un foc à son étai…

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• Hank s. Hipocorístico de Henry.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• Hank n.prop. Nome proprio di persona inglese maschile.

— In Dutch —

• Hank eig. (Mannelijke naam) jongensnaam.

— In French —

• Hank n.prop. (Géographie) Village des Pays-Bas situé dans la commune…

77 English words from 14 English definitions

about allows and Archaic A␣ring chiefly coil cup dialect dialects difficulty diminutive Doubt down especially fasten fastening for form gate given given␣name glide hand handle Hankin hanks Henry hillside his Hold influence into its John left leg loop male medieval Mess name Nautical now Obsolete opponent ring Ripuarian rope sail secures shackle side Slope smoothly something stay staysail tangle that the throw throw␣in Transitive turns twine twines Ulster up␣and up␣and␣down western which with withe wrestler Wrestling yarn

20 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Bas chose commune dans des fil fixer Garn Hank Henry manille Marine naam Nome Pays persona servant son Strang Village

25 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Anneau Bobine corde di␣persona Docke écheveau étai foc Garnmaß Géographie guindant Hipocorístico inglese jongensnaam maillon maschile Nome␣proprio Pays-Bas proprio quelque quelque␣chose situé trinquette typiquement une

56 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Hanke Hanko hanks Hanks hanky hanked Hankel hanker Hankes Hankey hankie Hankin Hankos Hankou Han-k'ou Hankow hankty Hankels hankers Hankeys hankies hanking Hankins hankered hankerer Hankeses hanksite hankerers hankering Hankerson Hankinson hanky␣code hanky-pank hankerings Hankersons Hank␣Marvin hanky␣codes hanky-panks hanky-panky hanky␣panky hanky-twist hankerchief hankeringly hankin␣booby hanky-panked hanky-twists Hankel␣matrix hankerchiefs hankey-pankey hanky-panking +6 words

253 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

chanks khanka shanks Shanks thanka thanke thanks thanku thank␣u thanky whanks chanked khankah khankas Schanks Shankar shanked shanker Shanker shank␣it Shankle thankas thanked thankee thank'ee thanker thankes thankin' thankly thanksh thank␣ya thank␣ye ushanka whanked whanker whanket ahankara bethanks chanking Dzhankoi khankahs no␣thanks no,␣thanks rethanks shankers Shankers shankest shanking Shankles Shanklin +203 words

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

chank shank Shank thank whank Schank bethank rethank unthank Unthank bit␣shank catshank dogshank ham␣shank midshank outthank redshank foreshank pickthank spotshank Cruikshank greenshank scrimshank sheepshank skrimshank Cruickshank velvet␣shank yellowshank common␣redshank Newtown␣Unthank spotted␣redshank common␣greenshank

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

han Han

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nah NAH Nah.

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ankh Kahn khan Khan Nakh

31 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

akhni ankhs chank Haken Hanak Hanke Hanko hanks Hanks hanky hanok Hokan Kahan Kandh kaneh khaen khana Khang khans Khlan ḳinah Klahn Kohan Krahn Nakhi Naskh nikah shank Shank thank whank

20 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ahn akh Hak han Han HNA KAH kan Kan Kan. kha Kha nah NAH Nah. nak NAK NHK nka NKA

49 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bank Bank dank fank gank hack haik Haik Hana Haná hand Hand HAND Hane hang Hang Hann Hano Hans HANS hant ha'nt han't ha'n't Hany hark hask hawk Hawk hayk Hayk Henk hink Hink honk hunk jank lank Lank mank Mank nank pank rank sank tank wank yank Yank

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Hak han Han

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Hanak hanok

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