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Definition: Hankie |
HankieNoun1. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: HankieSynonyms: handkerchief (n), hankey (n), hanky (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Pocket handkerchief, hanky, hankie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Hankie" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "Hankie" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.75% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
code hankie | 11 |
hankie mr | 6 |
hankie | 5 |
hankie bonnet | 5 |
code gay hankie | 4 |
wedding hankie | 3 |
hankie magic | 3 |
hankie quilt | 3 |
baby bonnet hankie | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hankie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shami hundësh (handkerchief, hanky, kerchief, nose rag, pullicate, snot-rag). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | носна кърпа (handkerchief, kerchief, napkin, nose rag, snot-rag, wipe). (various references) | |
Czech | kapesník (handkerchief, hanky, kerchief), šáteèek (hanky). (various references) | |
German | taschentuch (bandanna, handkerchief, hanky). (various references) | |
Italian | fazzoletto (handkerchief, hanky). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ankiehay.(various references) | |
Russian | носовой платок (handkerchief, hanky, nose rag, noserag, snot-rag, wipe, wiper). (various references) | |
Swedish | näsduk (handkerchief, hanky). (various references) | |
Turkish | mendil (handkerchief, hanky, noserag, rag). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hankie": hankies. (additional references) | |
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"Hankie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ankie, dhenki, Hakeim, Hancy, handie, Hangkow, Haniyeh, hankee, Hankei, hankel, hanken, hanki, Hankuk, hankyu, Hanzir, Henchie, henki, Henkin, Hickie, hikie, hinie, hinkie, hinky, honki, honkie, Huancane, Hunkie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-k-n" | |
-2 letters: akin, ankh, haen, haik, hake, hank, hike, kain, kane, khan, kina, kine. | |
-3 letters: ain, ane, ani, hae, hen, hie, hin, ink, kae, kea, ken, khi, kin, nae, nah. | |
-4 letters: ae, ah, ai, an, eh, en, ha, he, hi, in, ka, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-k-n" | |
+1 letter: hankies. | |
+2 letters: handlike, icekhana, kephalin, khazenim, skinhead. | |
+3 letters: handspike, hankering, harkening, humanlike, icekhanas, kashering, kephalins, phenakite, raincheck, shakiness, shrinkage, skinheads, thinkable. | |
+4 letters: bechalking, bethanking, enkephalin, hackneying, handpicked, handspikes, hearkening, hexokinase, homemaking, keelhaling, phenakites, rainchecks, rakishness, shankpiece, shrinkable, shrinkages. | |
+5 letters: checkmating, enkephalins, gawkishness, hawkishness, hexokinases, homemakings, keelhauling, kindhearted, kinesthesia, kitchenware, machinelike, mawkishness, nightwalker, phantomlike, shakinesses, shankpieces, shellacking, spinachlike, stickhandle, unthinkable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 6B 69 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- -. -.- .. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101110 01101011 01101001 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n k i e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 006B 0069 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)426780777571 |
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