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    [Verb]  | "sink" | \ ˈsiŋk \


    1: to go to the bottom : submerge

    2: to become partly buried (as in mud)

    3: to become engulfed


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English sincan; akin to Old High German sinkan to sink;

    [Idiom]  | "drop/fall/sank to one's knees" 


    1: to kneel down

    [Idiom]  | "one's heart sinks" 


    1: —used to say that someone becomes sad or disappointed about something

    [Phrasal verb]  | "sink in" 


    1: to become completely known, felt, or understood

    [Verb]  | "sank" 


    1: to become worse or of less value;


      * e.g., " ... his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business "





    2: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock "





    3: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;


      * e.g., " ... sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation "





    [Verb]  | "sink" 


    1: to become worse or of less value;


      * e.g., " ... his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business "





    2: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock "





    3: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;


      * e.g., " ... sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation "





    [Phrase]  | "sank one's teeth into" 


    1: to crush or grind with the teeth;


      * e.g., " ... She couldn't wait to sink her teeth into the birthday cake. "



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     [ "sank" ]

    1: lazy way of saying "something" in south of england

      * e.g.,  ... im just going dan tan for sank 

     [ "Sanks" ]

    1: A alternative to saying "Thanks". Mainly used because less effort is required to be able to say it. Often used amongst the teenage species of remote towns in rural Australia.

      * e.g.,  ... "Can you get me a McFlurry if you're goin' to Maccas? Sanks!" 

     [ "sanke" ]

    1: It means when someone goes poopie in the turtle in the bad toilet weweoweooo

      * e.g.,  ... Imagine this in a form of a dialogue Badboyhalo: I wish I was as good as skep3247y 


     [ "sanke" ]

    2: and it also means like a creature that is similar to a snake but a downgraded one Nicknames: badboyhalo, potato, 14141414 add me discord pls, vert#7216

      * e.g.,  ... skepporini: ur sanke sucks 

     [ "Sank" ]

    1: An Asian immigrant who is unable to speak English properly.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh, sank yu, sank yu." 

     [ "Sanks" ]

    1: A mix of of Sorry and Thanks. This can be used when you do something that makes another person go out of there way and you feel bad.

      * e.g.,  ... Erika: Can I get a ride to work, it’s an hour away. Carl: I guess. Erika: SANKS 

     [ "sanks" ]

    1: a word other people repeat to imitate how Chinese people talk.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm Chinese, sanks for helping me. 

     [ "Sank" ]

    1: The act of hitting a person with a karate chop to the trachea whilst they are midway through a sentence and exclaiming "Sank!" as you hit their neck.

      * e.g.,  ... "So our progress charts are showing a dramatic increase in sales-" 

     [ "sanke" ]

    1: a retarded snake. aka someone who has snaked you or did some snakey behaviour but is also retarded

      * e.g.,  ... mollie was a stupid "sanke" and lied about going to bed. 

     [ "Sanks Tank" ]

    1: /sæŋks/ /tæŋk/ -noun

      * e.g.,  ... A : "Flas moai snell mela all toi jooo?" 


     [ "Sanks Tank" ]

    2: A foreigner who has incomprehensibly heavy accents. This term originates from this particular group of foreigners' speech pattern. As they request favors from you, they often complete the request in a polite way of saying "Thanks" multiple times. However due to the inability to annunciate the /θ/ th sound in "thanks", they end up saying "sanks sanks sanks sanks sanks", similar to the sound of a tank firing its machine gun.

      * e.g.,  ... B : "Sure" 

     [ "sank-u" ]

    1: A person who, instead of saying "Thank You" says "Sank YOU"!

      * e.g.,  ... Sank you berrrrry much! 

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