noun. A coil or loop.

noun. A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail.

noun. A looped bundle, as of yarn.

To fasten by means of a rope or cord: draw or compress tightly.

[⟨ hank, n.] To form into hanks, as yarn.

To hang.

Same as hanker.

noun. A habit or practice.

noun. A skein or coil of yarn or thread; more particularly, a definite length of yarn, thread, silk, or the like bound up in one or more skeins. A hank of cotton yarn is 840 yards; a hank of linen yarn is 3,000 yards.

noun. A string; a tie; a clasp; a hold; a collar, chain, ring, or other means of fastening.

noun. Specifically Nautical, a ring of wood or iron (formerly of rope) fastened round a fore-and-aft stay, and having the head of a jib or stay-sail seized to it. Iron hanks are used on wire stays, and wooden ones on rope stays.

noun. A withy or rope for fastening a gate.

noun. A handle.

transitive verb. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

transitive verb. To form into hanks.

noun. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

noun. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.

noun. Hold; influence.

noun. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.

noun. A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.

noun. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope

noun. A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.

noun. doubt, difficulty

noun. mess, tangle

verb. To form into hanks.

verb. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

noun. a coil of rope or wool or yarn

"Well I sure as heck dont need "hank" with me in a bar."