fank

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/ˈfæŋk/[ˈfæŋk]Scotland/ˈfaŋk/Scotland[ˈfa̠ŋk]

noun

A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

OriginScottish Gaelic fang ← Scots fank →
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Meanings

nounfank (plural fanks)

plural fanks

  1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
verbfank (third-person singular simple present fanks, present participle fanking, simple past and past participle fanked)

present singular third person fanks · participle present fanking · participle past fanked · past fanked

  1. transitiveTo place (sheep) in a pen.

Origin

  1. Scotsfank
  2. Scottish Gaelicfang
  3. Englishfank

From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”).

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Translations

German Schafhürde
  • Schafhürdepen for enclosing sheep
Scottish Gaelic faing, fang
  • faingpen for enclosing sheep
  • fangpen for enclosing sheep

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fank

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

fank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fank

MLA

“fank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fank. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fank.

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