manak

[ man-ak ]

noun

1. a wooden ball fitted with hooks and attached to a rope, used by the Inuit and Yupik in the Arctic to secure and haul in seals killed offshore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of manak¹

From the Inuit word manaq

Example Sentences

The label, which is owned by DJ and producer Chris Manak, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times

Victoria Police Chief Del Manak stopped a car on Highway 17 near Quadra St. in Saanich at around 6:20 p.m.

From Fox News

Friday after the driver reportedly tossed a lit cigarette out his window in front of Manak’s patrol unit.

From Fox News

When asked why, the driver told Manak “I didn’t want my car to burn.”

From Fox News

“The big question is what the report will say the actual gains are. I don’t think they are going to be big, because we already have a good agreement,” said Inu Manak, a trade specialist at the Cato Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.

From Reuters