lank
Meaning of lank
adjective
- (of hair) long, limp, and straight.
the man had lank, brown, greasy hair
- (of a person) lanky.
he sprawled his long, lank figure over a chair
Old English hlanc ‘thin’, of Germanic origin; related to German lenken ‘to bend, turn’, also to flinch and link1.
adjective- very numerous or plentiful.
come and share our braai—we've got lank meat
- very good; fantastic.
dad's got a lank new car
sense 1 is perhaps from Afrikaans geld lank ‘money galore’; sense 2 may be related to Afrikaans lank nie sleg nie ‘not at all bad’.
Information about lank
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of lank is: lanks.
- Languages in which lank is used:
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Hyphenation of lank
lank
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- lank is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
lank synonyms
Meaning spindly:
Meaning walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot:
Meaning lacking vigour, vitality, or excitement:
Meaning (of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front:
Meaning growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way:
Meaning lacking interest or excitement:
Meaning (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance:
Meaning not arranged neatly and in order:
Meaning extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend:
Meaning measuring a great distance from end to end:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:
Meaning of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width:
Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:
Meaning (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin:
Meaning (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender:
Meaning be in or move into a sloping position:
Meaning (of a person) ungracefully thin and tall:
Meaning (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin:
Meaning additional to what is required for ordinary use:
Meaning (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing:
Meaning another term for gangling:
Meaning (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony:
Meaning relating to or functioning as a skeleton:
Meaning (of a person or animal) thin and bony:
Meaning abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food:
Meaning of or like bone:
Meaning (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age:
Meaning nervously awkward and ungainly:
Meaning (of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs:
Meaning having angles or sharp corners:
Meaning tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger:
Meaning having been reduced in force, effect, or value:
Meaning containing or covered with many weeds:
lank antonyms
Meaning shiny and smooth:
Meaning having lustre; shining:
Meaning measuring a small distance from end to end:
Meaning (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh:
Meaning broad and sturdily built:
Anagrams of lank
Words that rhyme with lank
palank, Blank, blank, nonblank, pointblank, clank, flank, foreflank, outflank, unflank, Plank, gangplank, plank, unplank, slank
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