hankie

Questions about hankie

What does hankie mean?

hankie means "a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory".

How many syllables are in hankie?

hankie has 2 syllables and divides as han-kie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hankie?

Close synonyms include handkerchief, hanky, hankey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hankie a common word?

hankie is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.