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manks

/mæŋks/

manks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mank.

Meaning of mank

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate.

See all 5 meanings of mank

Adjective (1) capitalized: Manks

Manks (comparative more Manks, superlative most Manks)

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Manx.
    • […] the others marry with the Manks women, so their children become natives.c. 1648, William Blundell, A History of the Isle of Man
    • The cause was, he courted a pretty Manks maid who lived in a bower beneath the blue tree of Glen Aldyn, and therefore was absent from the Fairy court during the Re-hollys vooar yn ouyr, or harvest-moon, being engaged dancing in the merry glen of Rushen.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 403

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Manks

Manks

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of Manx.
    • Those who reckon the extirpation of the Manks language to be a necessary step towards the general extension of English which they deem essential1835, Archibald Cregeen, Dictionary of the Manks Language

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Manks

Manks

  1. (plural) plural of Mank

Adjective (2) capitalized: Manks

Manks (comparative more Manks, superlative most Manks)

  1. (colloquial) Something from the English city of Manchester; short for Mancunian, usually "Mancs"

Noun capitalized: Manks

Manks

  1. (plural, variant) variant plural of Manc
    Synonyms:
    Mancunian

Synonyms of manks

Forms of manks

comparativemore Manks
superlativemost Manks

Origin of manks

Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.

Questions about manks

What does manks mean?
Manks means something from the English city of Manchester; short for Mancunian, usually "Mancs".
What is manks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Manks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mank.
What part of speech is manks?
Manks can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce manks?
Manks is pronounced /mæŋks/.

Words near manks in the dictionary

  1. Mankos
  2. mankousheh
  3. Mankowitz
  4. Mankowski
  5. Mankowskis
  6. manks
  7. Manktelow
  8. mankurt
  9. mankurts
  10. manky
  11. manky mallard

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