Thesaurus results for HANK

hank

noun

Definition of hank

as in coil

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Recent Examples of hank Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025 There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach. — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope. — Leo Rubinfien, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2021 If a breeze is blowing, the air fills with the clamoring of jib hanks. — Joe Kloc, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 Open the other days of the week, the Shaker Store sells hanks of yarn, Shaker seeds, herbal teas, and Shaker brooms. — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018 One photograph from the era shows a woman standing in a village as two men forcibly restrain her wrists; a third man grabs a hank of her blonde hair, his scissors poised to hack it away. — Ann Mah, Time, 6 June 2018 The next morning, the police and Victoria’s parents found articles of the girl’s clothing and a bloody hank of hair on a road near a sand pit in Mahwah. — David Stout, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hank

Noun

The front suspension is independent, with double wishbones and forged aluminum control arms paired with coil-over springs.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, said they were either fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices, known as IUDs or coils, or given a hormonal birth control injection.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of coil

Noun

Hawthorne failed to pay its bills, which prompted a cutoff of simulcast racing from other tracks and led to a death spiral.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Both economists agree that deficits of this magnitude no longer automatically trigger the inflation spiral that economic orthodoxy once predicted—which is precisely why Washington has felt no urgency to act.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of spiral

Noun

Its exterior is rich with symbolism, from stone carvings representing the all-seeing eye of God to a golden statue, atop the highest spire, of an angel blowing a trumpet to herald the Second Coming.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
What this means in practice is that the coaster car climbs up a vertical hill before hurtling around 1,230 feet of track culminating in a vertical spire.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of spire

Noun

Made for pretty much every texture, the airy foam gives fine-to-medium hair body without weighing it down, while helping define and smooth thicker waves and curls without sacrificing movement.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
Candlelit copper builds it right into your hair, with soft, glowy highlights that add richness and warmth (especially on curls like Megan Thee Stallion’s).

— Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of curl

Noun

Buffington placed it on a binder and tried to separate the paper’s furls.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
Pirate Yakuza proverbial monkey’s paw furls on providing a thrilling pirate life and crime simulator at the expense of a more coherent or emotional story.

— Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025

Definition of furl

Noun

Inside a historic church on Park Avenue, two dancers clothed in blue-and-pink brocade twirl up and down the aisles to a string-heavy soundtrack.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 June 2026
The actress, who was styled by Karla Welch, adorned the look with a gold twirl necklace that was also part of the collection and featured on the runway paired with the same dress.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 May 2026