Crossword clues for thanks
thanks
- 'Much obliged'
- Salutes, say
- Much obliged!
- It can come before a million?
- Appreciation word
- Word of gratitude
- Word of good manners
- Terse email reply
- Show of appreciation
- Response to a helper
- Note sentiment
- Much obliged
- It's given in November
- It can come before a million
- Gives props to
- Appreciative remark
- "It's nothing" preceder
- "Appreciate it"
- "Appreciate it!"
- 'I'm grateful'
- ''I owe you one''
- "Much obliged!"
- "That's just what I needed!"
- Recipient's reply
- "That was so nice of you!"
- An acknowledgment of appreciation
- With the help of or owing to
- Express gratitude or show appreciation to
- What to give a paraclete
- D. Hannah's co-star with appreciation
- "Merci" or "gracias"
- Ingrate's nonword
- Gratitude from Oscar-winner Tom?
- I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of Merit
- I am grateful
- Appreciation shown by an actor wanting an award
- Giving __
- Word of appreciation
- Expression of gratitude
- They're given in November
- Oscar winner's words
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
thank \thank\ (th[a^][ng]k), n.; pl. thanks (th[a^][ng]ks).
[AS. [thorn]anc, [thorn]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to
OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel.
[thorn]["o]kk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [thorn]agks thanks;
-- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think.]
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a
sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or
desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
``This ceremonial thanks.''
--Massinger.
If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
--Luke vi.
33.
What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and
constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his
charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in
matter of sin?
--Milton.
Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught.
--Longfellow.
His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship.
--Chaucer.
In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]
Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of thanks.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English þanc, þonc in late use "grateful thought, gratitude," plural form thanks from mid-13c., from the same root as thank (v.). Compare Old Saxon thank, Old Frisian thank, Old Norse þökk, Dutch dank, German Dank. The Old English noun originally and chiefly meant "thought, reflection, sentiment; mind, will, purpose;" also "grace, mercy, pardon; pleasure, satisfaction."\n
\nAs short for I give you thanks from 1580s; often with extensions, such as thanks a lot (1908). Spelling thanx attested by 1907.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. an acknowledgment of appreciation
with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success"
Wikipedia
Thanks may refer to:
Thanks is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS and ran for six episodes from 8:30 to 9:00pm ET on Monday nights. The program explores the trials and tribulations of the Winthrops, a 17th-century Puritan family, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Characters take their names from John Winthrop, the famed governor of the original Bostonian Puritan community, and John Cotton, another prominent Puritan religious leader.
Thanks is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Martin Bergman. The film premiered at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Usage examples of "thanks".
Luck and twice luck, Nevyn told himself, thanks be to the Lords of Wyrd!
The army straggled over a long stretch of road, and thanks to this loose formation he could see that not a single wagon followed the riders.
Her intellect seemed to have deserted her - she could neither study nor think clearly thanks to the icy cold fear that gripped her.
She forced herself to smile, to murmur thanks, to reassure him by telling him how flattered she was, but by the time he finally left the chamber, she wondered if she hated him as much as ever she'd loved him.
The tale baffled those who knew him, because thanks to his dweomer luck Maryn had never received a wound in all his long years of battle.
The silver-eyed man pushed one of the chairs away from the table, and the other eased his supportchair into the new space, murmuring thanks under his breath.
He owed him thanks, as well as money, for the stones that paved the garden paths, and he was more than a little surprised that the imagist hadn’t already collected.
She sounded stilted, even to herself, and added, “And thanks for letting me play with your equipment.
Lioe took hers with a murmur of thanks, sipped cautiously at the bitter liquid.
Giving thanks to the gods for the interruption, he went to look out the window.
Lately, thanks to the threat of rebellion, he'd been making the rides good long ones to ensure that men and mounts both would be fit to ride to war.
My humble thanks, Nesta, and my thanks to that sharp-eyed customs officer, too.
Rhodry laughed aloud and called out a last thanks as he turned his horse and galloped south, back to the main road.
When Verrarc pulled out a chair, Admi sank into it with a little nod of thanks in his direction.
The job had fallen to Dallandra, thanks mostly to their common devotion to the dwcomer, which made them clans-women of a sort.