noun hold; influence.
2. hank ·vt to form into hanks.
3. hank ·vt to fasten with a rope, as a gate.
4. hank ·noun a rope or withe for fastening a gate.
5. hank ·noun a parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
6. hank ·noun a ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
7. hank ·add. ·noun a throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.