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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FANKLE

From fank a coil of rope, from fang, obsolete variant of vang.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FANKLE

fankle  [ˈfæŋkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FANKLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fankle is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fankle in English.

WHAT DOES FANKLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fankle in the English dictionary

The definition of fankle in the dictionary is to entangle. Other definition of fankle is a tangle; confusion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FANKLE

PRESENT

Present
I fankle
you fankle
he/she/it fankles
we fankle
you fankle
they fankle
Present continuous
I am fankling
you are fankling
he/she/it is fankling
we are fankling
you are fankling
they are fankling
Present perfect
I have fankled
you have fankled
he/she/it has fankled
we have fankled
you have fankled
they have fankled
Present perfect continuous
I have been fankling
you have been fankling
he/she/it has been fankling
we have been fankling
you have been fankling
they have been fankling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fankled
you fankled
he/she/it fankled
we fankled
you fankled
they fankled
Past continuous
I was fankling
you were fankling
he/she/it was fankling
we were fankling
you were fankling
they were fankling
Past perfect
I had fankled
you had fankled
he/she/it had fankled
we had fankled
you had fankled
they had fankled
Past perfect continuous
I had been fankling
you had been fankling
he/she/it had been fankling
we had been fankling
you had been fankling
they had been fankling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fankle
you will fankle
he/she/it will fankle
we will fankle
you will fankle
they will fankle
Future continuous
I will be fankling
you will be fankling
he/she/it will be fankling
we will be fankling
you will be fankling
they will be fankling
Future perfect
I will have fankled
you will have fankled
he/she/it will have fankled
we will have fankled
you will have fankled
they will have fankled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been fankling
you will have been fankling
he/she/it will have been fankling
we will have been fankling
you will have been fankling
they will have been fankling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fankle
you would fankle
he/she/it would fankle
we would fankle
you would fankle
they would fankle
Conditional continuous
I would be fankling
you would be fankling
he/she/it would be fankling
we would be fankling
you would be fankling
they would be fankling
Conditional perfect
I would have fankle
you would have fankle
he/she/it would have fankle
we would have fankle
you would have fankle
they would have fankle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fankling
you would have been fankling
he/she/it would have been fankling
we would have been fankling
you would have been fankling
they would have been fankling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fankle
we let´s fankle
you fankle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fankle
Past participle
fankled
Present Participle
fankling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FANKLE


ankle
ˈæŋkəl
antiwrinkle
ˈæntɪˈrɪŋkəl
cankle
ˈkæŋkəl
carbuncle
ˈkɑːˌbʌŋkəl
conchal
ˈkɒŋkəl
crankle
ˈkræŋkəl
crinkle
ˈkrɪŋkəl
enranckle
ɪnˈræŋkəl
granduncle
ˈɡrændˌʌŋkəl
inkle
ˈɪŋkəl
periwinkle
ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkəl
rankle
ˈræŋkəl
sprinkle
ˈsprɪŋkəl
tinkle
ˈtɪŋkəl
truncal
ˈtrʌŋkəl
twinkle
ˈtwɪŋkəl
uncle
ˈʌŋkəl
wankle
ˈwæŋkəl
winkle
ˈwɪŋkəl
wrinkle
ˈrɪŋkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FANKLE

fanged
Fangio
fangle
fangless
fanglike
fango
fanion
fanjet
fank
fanlight
fanlike
fanned
fannel
fanner
Fannie Mae
fannies
fanning
fanny
fanny adams

WORDS THAT END LIKE FANKLE

besprinkle
buckle
chuckle
dill pickle
greater periwinkle
honeysuckle
kinkle
knuckle
lesser periwinkle
mankle
pennywinkle
pickle
Rip Van Winkle
runkle
sparkle
tackle
tickle
tiggywinkle
trickle
unwrinkle

Synonyms and antonyms of fankle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fankle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FANKLE

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The translations of fankle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fankle» in English.

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510 millions of speakers

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Fankle
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Translator English - Tamil

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Translator English - Marathi

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Translator English - Turkish

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Translator English - Italian

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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of fankle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FANKLE»

The term «fankle» is used very little and occupies the 184.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FANKLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fankle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANKLE»

Discover the use of fankle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fankle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Six Lives of Fankle the Cat
Jenny lives in Orkney and acquires a black cat through deceit. She names him Fankle, and he is very special cat. Fankle can talk and he tells Jenny about his incredible previous cat's lives.
George Mackay Brown, 2012
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The Acute Effect of Treadmill Running on Overground Running ...
[b,a]= butter(4,13/(freq/2),'low'); %low-pass 4th order Butterworth filter, cutoff ftorso = filtfilt(b,a,torso); % filter torso angle fhip = filtfilt(b,a,hip); % filter hip angle fknee = filtfilt(b,a,knee); % filter knee angle fankle = filtfilt(b,a,ankle); % filter ankle  ...
Norma G. Candelaria, 2007
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Auld Lang Syne!: Reliving A Scottish Childhood
fankle. When yourbitof string/fishing line/wool was tangledup or twisted it was ina' fankle'. Or whenyou got awee bit confused someonemight say, 'Don'tget yursel' in a fankle!' farthings A coin worth quarter of an old penny; farthing.
Allan Morrison, 2013
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The Demon Princes, Vol. 2: The Face * The Book of Dreams
Tinke tankle winkle wankle finkle fankle fane Fear and fright by pale moonlight upon Bagshilly Plain! She seized my draps and dingles, she toyed with my emotion; She rubbed my private enterprise with scrofulatic lotion. She put me in a  ...
Jack Vance, 1997
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The Face
Tinkle tankle winkle wankle finkle fankle fun The chelts though brash wear no mustache, the kitchets only one. Oh where do all the kitchets go on midnight promenade? Oh what compels the tender things so far from Gaggar's Shade?
Jack Vance
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Helen Kelley's Joy of Quilting
THIS AFTERNOON I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY “FANKLE” apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly nest or mess. Until I met people who do large, lovely counted thread pictures and keep their flosses in controlled ...
Helen Kelley, 2004
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Stonemouth: A Novel
Fankle is more or less a straight synonym of tangle, but it sounds better somehow . Particularly as applied to a fishing line that's got itself into a terrible, unsortoutable mess, the level of shambles so extreme all you can really do is take a knife to ...
Iain Banks, 2012
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The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of ...
I have one more space adventure worth discussing: Susan Rennie's Kat and Doug on Planet Fankle ( 2002). Susan Rennie's Kat and Doug is written in Scots, a dialect of English, not an accent. It begins when Kat gets a “cyberdug” for her ...
Farah Mendlesohn, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, 2009
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Research Methods in Biomechanics, 2E:
Table 6.2 Segment and Total Powers of a Four-Segment Model of the Body Joint Ankle Knee hip Total Foot +Fankle ∙ vankle + Mankle vfoot = ΔEfoot Δt Leg − Fankle ∙vankle −Mankle vleg +Fknee ∙ vknee + Mknee v leg = ΔEleg Δt Thigh −F ...
Gordon Robertson, Graham Caldwell, Joseph Hamill, 2013
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
... (in a lively way) crack, croose. talkative bletherin, crackie, newsie. tall adj heich . lang. tall thin person lang drink (o watter). tangle n fankle, raivel, snorl. v fankle; ( get into a tangle) fankle, raivel. tangled fankelt, raivelt; (of hair) tousie. tantrum n ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANKLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fankle is used in the context of the following news items.
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The future of Scots
Speiran at this fankle o quaistions gangs deep intae whit a cultural fundeen policie or a govrenment leid strategy is fir. Both ir ert an pert o the ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
2
Scotland remain on course for Euro 2016 after Republic fightback …
No wonder Strachan, as he himself conceded, got in a bit of a fankle as he tried to get his head around the complex circumstances leading up ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
3
Inverness win first Scottish Cup as James Vincent's goal beats Falkirk
Tremarco got himself into an almighty fankle when trying to deal with a routine clearance. Alston nipped in to capitalise and Tremarco's denial ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Partick Thistle have discovered the secret to guaranteed wins
Related articles. In a fankle over fixture farce Opinion • Sun 19 Apr 2015. Partick 0 Aberdeen 1: Whistling a happy tune as penalty award gets ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
5
St Mirren 2 Motherwell 1: Well face play-off fight
Jason Naismith bust a gut to get on to a Mallan ball and when he hit it towards goal, George Long and Mark O'Brien got themselves in a fankle, ... «Scotsman, May 15»
6
Rain wipes out first round of Scottish PGA
... a week of dry, bright conditions when most folk had worked themselves into a desperate fankle about the potential for disruptions from above. «Herald Scotland, May 15»
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Inverness 1-1 Celtic: Brill injury agony for Caley
Their equaliser owed much to the visitors' defence allowing themselves to get in a fankle after Ryan Christie had contacted with a cross swept ... «Scotsman, Apr 15»
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Extra-terrestrial life but not as we know it is coming, just not soon
The PSNI is in a right fankle over fitness. Potential recruits undergo gruelling tests that'd make a commando quail, leaving the number of ... «Belfast Telegraph, Apr 15»
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Resilient Hibs keep on course for runners-up spot
As the keeper, stricken by indecision, got himself in a horrid fankle, Cummings nipped in to get the slightest touch and help it trundle over the ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Mar 15»
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The value of NHS24
Everyone at the sharp end of health provision is in a fankle just now. GPs never wanted to carry on with providing a full out of hours service. «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»

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