From the English adjective frank, which means “free” or “forthright,” we get the verb frank, which means “to mark mail with an official sign so that it may be mailed free.”
Frank is a 2014 black comedy film directed by Lenny Abrahamson from a screenplay by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and François Civil.
Dr. Frank Sartor received his MD from LSU in 1984 followed by a general surgery residency at New York University in 1989 and fellowship in Peripheral Vascular Surgery from New York University in 1990. He believes strongly in caring for the surgical needs of his patients in and around our community.
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FRANK meaning: 1. honest, sincere, and telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other people…. Learn more.
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.
If someone is frank, they state or express things in an open and honest way. They had a frank discussion about the issue. You can talk frankly to me. He now frankly admits that much of his former playboy lifestyle was superficial. The reaction to his frankness was hostile.
From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc and farang.