Hanks

[ hangks ]

noun

1. Tom, born 1956, U.S. film actor.

Hanks

/ hæŋks /

noun

1. HanksTom1956MUSFILMS AND TV: actor Tom. born 1956, US film actor: his films include Splash (1984), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and The Terminal (2004)

Example Sentences

Graham Johnson, the editor of Byline Investigates, an online publication that focuses on British media organizations, reached out to Hanks 18 months ago.

From Washington Post

Hanks said he was made to sign a letter saying he wouldn’t do anything illegal.

From Washington Post

Hanks is a well-known private investigator who says he’s worked for the British tabloids for years.

From Washington Post

Before the 2011 phone hacking scandal that rocked the British establishment and led to the closure of the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid, Hanks said he was making about $120,000 a year from the British tabloids.

From Washington Post

We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.

From Vox

Tom Hanks checks into hotels under the name “Johnny Madrid!”

From The Daily Beast

Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Tom Hanks and Gwyneth Paltrow are among those who have eaten at 960 Madison Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

When I finished, Tom Hanks and Bill Hader came on either side of me and ran me down this hallway.

From The Daily Beast

The match was watched in the White House by President Obama, and followed across the States by everyone from Rihanna to Tom Hanks.

From The Daily Beast

The opening and closing sound bites were from Tom Hanks, actor and—oh yeah—one of the executive producers of the show.

From The Daily Beast

Well, there were hanks of different colored yarns and strings of red peppers hanging from the ceiling of the loom-house.

From Project Gutenberg

Wolf Paw's right hand was raised high, gripping three long hanks of hair with disks of white flesh hanging from them.

From Project Gutenberg

One man did emerge from the trees with a big grin, holding high three bloody scalps dangling from hanks of black hair.

From Project Gutenberg

So farewell, false friend, till such near time as your ehrwrdig person decorate our hearth at Mrs. Hanks's in Harvard St.

From Project Gutenberg

Each night she spun so many hanks of yarn for her daily bread, and one hank over for the candle.

From Project Gutenberg