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hanked

/hæŋkt/

hanked is the simple past and past participle of hank.

Meaning of hank

Verb

hank (third-person singular simple present hanks, present participle hanking, simple past and past participle hanked)

  1. (transitive) To form into hanks.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) 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 tapestrye1573, Richard Dering, “Accounts Book”, in The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, John Nichols, published 1823

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Words that rhyme with hanked

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Questions about hanked

What is hanked the simple past and past participle of?
Hanked is the simple past and past participle of hank.
How do you pronounce hanked?
Hanked is pronounced /hæŋkt/.

Words near hanked in the dictionary

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  7. Hankede
  8. Hankel
  9. Hankel function
  10. Hankel functions
  11. Hankel matrices

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