# cank

> English word · Noun · IPA /kæŋk/

## Definitions
1. Gossip, chatter.
2. A chat.
3. A gossip, tell-tale.
4. The cry of a goose.
5. A fit of ill-humour.

## Etymology
From Middle English *cank (compare Middle English cang (“foolish"; also "fool”, adj and noun) > obsolete English cank (“dumb, stupid”)), from Old English canc, ġecanc (“scorn, jeering”), from Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cank