Definitions for franks

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franks frank

Spelling: [frangk]

IPA: /fræŋk/

Franks is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in franks (afknrs).

Definitions for franks

noun

1. a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
2. the privilege of franking letters, packages, etc.
3. a franked letter, package, etc.
4. frankfurter.
5. a member of a group of ancient Germanic peoples dwelling in the regions of the Rhine, one division of whom, the Salians, conquered Gaul about a.d. 500, founded an extensive kingdom, and gave origin to the name France.
6. (in the Levant) any native of western Europe.
7. Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
8. Ilya Mikhailovich [ee-lyah myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /iˌlyɑ myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1908–90, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
9. Leonhard [ley-awn-hahrt] /ˈleɪ ɔn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1882–1961, German novelist.
10. Robert, born 1924, U.S. photographer and filmmaker, born in Switzerland.
11. Waldo, 1889–1967, U.S. novelist and social critic.
12. a male given name, form of Francis or Franklin.

adjective

1. direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere:
2. without inhibition or subterfuge; direct; undisguised:
3. Pathology. unmistakable; clinically evident:
4. Archaic. liberal or generous.
5. Obsolete. free.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark (a letter, package, etc.) for transmission free of the usual charge, by virtue of official or special privilege; send free of charge, as mail.
2. to convey (a person) free of charge.
3. to enable to pass or go freely:
4. to facilitate the comings and goings of (a person), especially in society:
5. to secure exemption for.
6. Carpentry. to assemble (millwork, as sash bars) with a miter joint through the moldings and a butt joint or mortise-and-tenon joint for the rest.

Origin of franks

1250-1300; Middle English Old French franc Late Latin francus free, orig. Frank

Examples for franks

How's it come you didn't have a Western Union frank this year?

On the day of the AFI dinner, Hitchcock receives a wire from frank Capra, who is in Palm Springs.

As he drove me back to the logging road, frank told me about the area in his deep voice.

The old man was looking at her with frank and friendly apology for his intrusion.

His frank, familiar manner made him a favorite on shipboard.

And when asked whether he worries about Studio Ghibli after he and Takahata retire, Miyazaki is frank.

He was ashamed, and determined to make amends by a frank confession.

"That's right, to own up," said Robert, favorably impressed with his frank confession.

Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.

Those services will remain untouched by the current suit, according to City Attorney spokesman frank Manteljan.