THANK
What does "THANK" mean?
To express gratitude to someone for something they have done or given.
Meanings
- To tell someone you are grateful for what they have done or given. She thanked the driver and stepped out into the rain.
- To hold someone responsible for a result, often ironically. You can thank the traffic for us missing the first act. informal
Did you know?
- 'Thank' and 'think' grew from one Germanic root: to thank someone originally meant to keep them in your thoughts, so gratitude began as a kind of remembering.
Word origin
From Old English 'þancian' (to give thanks), closely tied to 'þanc' meaning thought or grateful thought; gratitude and thinking share one Germanic root, so to thank someone was first to 'hold them in mind.'
Remember it
THANK and THINK are one letter apart - because to thank someone is to keep them in your thoughts.
A little poem
Two letters from 'think', and no accident:
I hold you in mind, then say it aloud.
Gratitude is memory spoken.
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Wordplay
- I thanked the dictionary for everything. It said don't mention it - so I looked that up too.
What it teaches
To thank is to think of someone twice: once for the gift, once to say it back out loud.
Quick facts
What does THANK mean?
To express gratitude to someone for something they have done or given.
Is THANK a valid word?
Yes — THANK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THANK?
THANK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THANK come from?
From Old English 'þancian' (to give thanks), closely tied to 'þanc' meaning thought or grateful thought; gratitude and thinking share one Germanic root, so to thank someone was first to 'hold them in mind.'
What can THANK teach us?
To thank is to think of someone twice: once for the gift, once to say it back out loud.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.