Definitions from Wiktionary (Shank)
▸ noun: The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
▸ noun: Meat from that part of an animal.
▸ noun: (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
▸ noun: A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
▸ noun: The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
▸ noun: The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
▸ noun: A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
▸ noun: The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
▸ noun: (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
▸ noun: (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
▸ noun: A loop forming an eye to a button.
▸ noun: (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
▸ noun: (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
▸ noun: (printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
▸ noun: (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
▸ noun: Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
▸ noun: The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
▸ noun: The main part or beginning of a period of time.
▸ verb: (archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
▸ verb: (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
▸ verb: (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
▸ verb: (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
▸ verb: (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
▸ verb: (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
▸ adjective: (slang) Bad.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
▸ noun: Meat from that part of an animal.
▸ noun: (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
▸ noun: A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
▸ noun: The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
▸ noun: The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
▸ noun: A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
▸ noun: The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
▸ noun: (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
▸ noun: (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
▸ noun: A loop forming an eye to a button.
▸ noun: (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
▸ noun: (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
▸ noun: (printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
▸ noun: (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
▸ noun: Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
▸ noun: The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
▸ noun: The main part or beginning of a period of time.
▸ verb: (archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
▸ verb: (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
▸ verb: (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
▸ verb: (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
▸ verb: (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
▸ verb: (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
▸ adjective: (slang) Bad.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ Words similar to Shank
▸ Usage examples for Shank
▸ Idioms related to Shank
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing Shank
▸ Popular nouns described by Shank
▸ Words that often appear near Shank
▸ Rhymes of Shank
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