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lank
[ langk ]
adjective
- (of plants) unduly long and slender:
lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
- (of hair) straight and limp; without spring or curl.
- lean; gaunt; thin.
lank
1/ læŋk /
adjective
- long and limp
- thin or gaunt
lank
2/ læŋk /
adjective
- informal.a lot; a great deal
Derived Forms
- ˈlankness, noun
- ˈlankly, adverb
Other Words From
- lankly adverb
- lankness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lank1
Origin of lank2
Example Sentences
He has lank hair to his shoulders and owlish glasses; he looks like he might start shaving in a year or two.
Her hair is lank, unwashed, and she hides herself in oversized clothes.
“He looks convincingly ancient, with lank white hair and stubbly beard, and he performs with the creaky, painful movements of a weary, stiff-jointed old man.”
“Behind the undone chignon, the back of Donald Trumpov is covered in white lank,” the machine wrote.
As toxic algal blooms in the Klamath basin's main lank threaten the also-endangered suckerfish a month earlier than "normal," water is in short supply and dead juvenile chinook salmon are found every day.
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