Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hask

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: hask
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.

Obsolete

verb

Pronunciation spelling of ask.

Example Sentences

"But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke."
"The ioyfull Sunne, whom cloudy winters ſpight,/ Had ſhut from vs in watry fiſhes haske, / Returnes againe to lend the world his light"
"Then till the ſun, which yet in fiſhes haſks, / Or watry urn, impounds his fainting head"
""You never mind me," returned the trainer, who had been carrying around a couple of spare footballs all the morning, as if afraid some one would steal them. "You just play your 'ardest, that's hall I hask of you.""

Etymology

See hassock.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hasks (plural) hasks (present, singular) hasking (participle, present) hasked (participle, past) hasked (past)

Questions

What does hask mean?: A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
Where does hask come from?: See hassock.

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