Definitions for frank
fræŋk, frɑŋkfrank

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. Franknoun

   a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

2. frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenieadjective

   a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

3. blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulderadjective

   characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

   "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

4. frankverb

   clearly manifest; evident

   "frank enjoyment"

5. postmark, frankverb

   stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

6. frankverb

   exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

GCIDERate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Franknoun

   The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. franknoun

   the grey heron.

2. Etymology: Shortened form of frankfurter.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRANKadjective

   Etymology: franc, French.

   1. Liberal; generous; not niggardly.

   The moister sorts of trees yield little moss, which is for the reason of the frank putting up of the sap into the boughs. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   They were left destitute, either by narrow provision, or by their frank hearts and their open hands, and their charity towards others. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

   ’Tis the ordinary practice of the world to be frank of civilities that cost them nothing. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. Open; ingenuous; sincere; not reserved.3. Without conditions; without payment.

   Thou hast it won; for it is of frank gift,
   And he will care for all the rest to shift. Hubberd’s Tale.

   4. Not restrained; licentious.

   Might not be found a franker franion. Edmund Spenser.

2. Franknoun

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. A place to feed hogs in; a sty: so called from liberality of food.

   Where sups here? Doth the old boar feed in the old frank? William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   2. A letter which pays no postage.

   You’ll have immediately, by several franks, my epistle to lord Cobham. Alexander Pope, to Swift.

   3. A French coin.

3. To Frankverb

   1.To shut up in a frank or sty. Thomas Hanmer

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Tell Richmond this from me,
   That in the sty of this most bloody boar,
   My son George Stanly is frank’d up in hold:
   If I revolt, off goes young George’s head. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   2.To feed high; to fat; to cram. Franciscus Junius and Robert Ainsworth3. [From the adjective.] To exempt letters from postage.

   My lord Orrery writes to you to-morrow; and you see I send this under his cover, or at least franked by him. Jonathan Swift.

   Gazettes sent gratis down, and frank’d,
   For which thy patron’s weekly thank’d. Alexander Pope.

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1. frank

   Frank, when used as an adjective, generally refers to a person who is open, honest, and direct in their speech or expression. It describes someone who does not hide their thoughts or opinions, often speaking plainly and without hesitation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Franknoun

   a pigsty

2. Frankverb

   to shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten

3. Franknoun

   the common heron; -- so called from its note

4. Franknoun

   unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free

5. Franknoun

   free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc

6. Franknoun

   liberal; generous; profuse

7. Franknoun

   unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense

8. Frankverb

   to send by public conveyance free of expense

9. Frankverb

   to extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc

10. Frankadjective

    the privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage

11. Frankadjective

    a member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France

12. Frankadjective

    a native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant

13. Frankadjective

    a French coin. See Franc

14. Etymology: [See Frank, a.]

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1. Frank

   Frank was the girl group from Channel 4's comedy drama series Totally Frank. Frank consisted of lead singer Lauren Blake, guitarist Bryony Afferson, keyboard player Helena Dowling and drummer Hayley Angel Wardle. In the show Totally Frank, the girls played fictional characters Tasha, Charlie, Flo and Neve. The band used their real names outside of the show. Their debut single "I'm Not Shy" was released on 31 July 2006 and reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart. Their debut album Devil's Got Your Gold was released on 7 August 2006. The album featured tracks from the television show including "Money In My Pocket", "Never Left A Girl", "Silence", "Don't Wait Up", "All I Ever Do", the second series theme tune; "Turn It Up", and the first series theme tune "Complicated". New tracks included "If The Devil's Got Your Gold", "Wake Up" and "Palm Of Your Hand". Their song, "I'm Not Shy" was featured in a comedy sketch on the show TittyBangBang on BBC Three. The promo album sampler for Frank featured three tracks, "I'm Not Shy", "Turn It Up" and "Never Left A Girl". Frank supported fellow girl group Girls Aloud on their 2006 Chemistry Tour of England and Scotland.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frank

   frangk, adj. free, open: (obs.) liberal: open or candid in expression: (Spens.) unrestrained.—v.t. to send free of expense, as a letter.—n. the signature of a person who had the right to frank a letter.—n. Frank′-fee, a species of tenure in fee-simple, the opposite of copyhold.—adv. Frank′ly, candidly: (obs.) gratuitously.—ns. Frank′ness; Frank′-pledge, a system of mutual suretyship by which the members of a tithing were made responsible for one another; Frank′-ten′ement, freehold. [O. Fr. franc—Low L. francus—Old High Ger. Franko, one of the tribe called Franks, a free man.]

2. Frank

   frangk, n. one of the German tribes from Franconia who conquered Gaul in the 5th century, and founded France: the name given in the East to a native of Western Europe.—adj. Frank′ish.

3. Frank

   frangk, n. (Shak.) a pig-sty.—v.t. (Shak.) to shut up in a sty, to cram, to fatten. [O. Fr. franc.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frank

   The large fish-eating heron of our lakes and pools.

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1. frank

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRANK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Frank is ranked #499 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Frank surname appeared 67,304 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 23 would have the surname Frank.
   
   84.5% or 56,899 total occurrences were White.
   7.9% or 5,357 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 1,804 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 1,501 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.6% or 1,077 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 666 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • European
   • Exempt
   • Stamp

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frank' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2823

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'frank' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2345

How to pronounce frank?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say frank in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frank in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of frank in a Sentence

1. The New York billionaire:

   Dodd-Frank is a very negative force, which has developed a very bad name.

2. Arthur Caplan:

   It's good to be public, it's good to be transparent, it's good to be frank.

3. Tony Oppedisano:

   Frank told me that was a very intense relationship, a very tempestuous one, she was absolutely drop-dead beautiful. He said, ‘She could drink me under the table. As far as language, stuff came out of her mouth that could grow hair on the wall.’ He also said, ‘I should have known upfront that anything that burned that hot was bound to burn out. But while it was going on, I was having a ball.'.

4. Wilbur Ross:

   Our meetings so far have been friendly and frank, and covered some useful topics about specific export items.

5. Ari Folman:

   I think I needed to break iconisation. Anne Frank was much more than an icon ... She was a teenager, she had all classic issues of teenager - hated her mother, big fights, envy of her sister.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=frank
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=frank
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frank
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=frank
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frank
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=frank
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=frank
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=frank
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html