"fank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fanks [plural]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|fang}} Scottish Gaelic fang, {{der|en|sco|fank}} Scots fank Head templates: {{en-noun}} fank (plural fanks)
  1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands. Translations (pen for enclosing sheep): Schafhürde [feminine] (German), faing [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), fang [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-fank-en-noun-eEllCIby Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 97 3

Verb

Forms: fanks [present, singular, third-person], fanking [participle, present], fanked [participle, past], fanked [past]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|fang}} Scottish Gaelic fang, {{der|en|sco|fank}} Scots fank Head templates: {{en-verb}} fank (third-person singular simple present fanks, present participle fanking, simple past and past participle fanked)
  1. (transitive) To place (sheep) in a pen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fank-en-verb-f75ilaKH

Inflected forms

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