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hanking

hanking is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about hanking

What is hanking the present participle and gerund of?
Hanking is the present participle and gerund of hank.

Words near hanking in the dictionary

  1. Hankeys
  2. hankie
  3. hankies
  4. Hankin
  5. hankin booby
  6. hanking
  7. Hankins
  8. Hankinson
  9. hanko
  10. hankos
  11. Hankou

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