frank

frank is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pigsty. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A pigsty.
2. transitive verb. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
3. noun. The common heron; -- so called from its note.
4. noun. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
5. noun. Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
6. noun. Liberal; generous; profuse.
7. noun. Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
8. transitive verb. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
9. transitive verb. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
10. adjective. 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. adjective. A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
12. adjective. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
13. adjective. A French coin. See Franc.
14. noun. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

    Synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst

15. noun. a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
16. verb. exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
17. verb. stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

    Synonyms: postmark

18. adjective. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

    "blunt talking and straight shooting"

    "a blunt New England farmer"

    Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, outspoken, plainspoken

19. adjective. clearly manifest; evident

    "frank enjoyment"

Synonyms

dog, frankfurter, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst, postmark, blunt, candid, forthright, outspoken, plainspoken

Common word forms

franks, franked, franker, frankly, frankest, franking, frankable, frankness

Words from these letters

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