frank

/fræŋk/

/fræŋk/

Other forms: frankest; franker; franking; franked; franks

To be frank is to be honest. Also, it's a hot dog. Eating a frank at the ballpark is, to be frank, an all-American experience.

If you're open, honest, and candid, you're frank — that can mean refreshing honesty or too much information. Frank also has some lesser known uses. It can also mean to stamp with a postmark, or to pass someone through for free — like how your museum job lets you frank your friends into the planetarium. The most delicious meaning is for what you may know as a dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, or wiener-wurst.

Definitions of frank

1. adjective

   characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
   “tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank”

   synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder

   direct

   straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
2. adjective

   clearly manifest; evident
   “frank enjoyment”

   synonyms:

   obvious

   easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
3. noun

   a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
   synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst

   types:

   Vienna sausage

   short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off

   type of:

   sausage

   highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
4. verb

   exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
   type of:

   excuse, exempt, let off, relieve

   grant exemption or release to
5. verb

   stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
   synonyms: postmark

   type of:

   stamp

   to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something