chank
verbDefinition of chank
(Entry 1 of 2)
: chew noisily : champ
chank
nounDefinition of chank (Entry 2 of 2)
: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks especially : a species of the Indian Ocean (Turbinella pyrum synonym Xancus pyrum) commonly appearing in Hindu religious pictures and writings
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