franks 1 of 2

noun

plural of frank
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as in signatures

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as in frankfurters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of frank
as in mails

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franks
  1. signatures
  2. weenies
  3. mails
  4. hands
  5. sausages
  6. posts
  7. autographs
  8. hot dogs
Noun
  • The distribution was the event, and the signatures followed the distribution.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The database is typically employed by police officers conducting criminal investigations and includes sensitive information like people’s Social Security numbers, medical-disability records, addresses, signatures and emergency contacts.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of signatures
Noun
  • López-Alt shared a recipe from a Kentucky friend who puts cocktail weenies in a slow cooker with a cup of ketchup, a cup of brown sugar, and a cup of bourbon before a party.
    — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • Enrich a can of baked beans (beanies) with bacon and hot dogs (weenies) for a nostalgic summer dish everyone will enjoy having on the table.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Definition of weenies
Verb
  • That means even if a ballot is erroneously sent to someone’s past address and the current resident mails it in, there are checks to alert election workers to the foul play.
    — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate books every month to children from birth to age five.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of mails
Noun
  • Homewood Suites Charlotte Uptown The restaurant received 86% on June 30, with violations including employees in need of food safety training and unwashed hands.
    — Eva Flowe July 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
  • One robotic arm was even programmed to play Jenga, a game capable of exposing the shaky hands of many humans.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • Chicken sausages, but with the outside casing being too small for the amount of meat on the inside.
    — Maria Bamford, Vulture, 22 July 2026
  • Split each sausage lengthwise, without cutting completely through, so sausages remain attached along one long side.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
Definition of sausages
Verb
  • And Ziyu Gao, the club’s vp, posts TikToks about the process of getting into USC; a 2025 clip, which shows her real-time reactions to her college admissions decisions, has amassed nearly half a million views.
    — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • An agent working on adjacent problems notices a promising lead and posts a smaller bounty for replicating the finding.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of posts
Noun
  • Saturday’s camp concluded with families getting autographs from and taking pictures with Agbaji.
    — Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • But for one more summer, there’s Wednesday night hockey in the suburbs, the tickets are cheap, the autographs are free, and the arena is air conditioned in the midst of a brutal heat wave.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 July 2026
Definition of autographs
Noun
  • How many hot dogs have been consumed in the Nathan's Famous hot dog contest?
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of hot dogs
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