shank

IPA: ʃˈæŋk

The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Meat from that part of an animal.
(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
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.
(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
(printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
A surname.

(archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
(slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
(transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
(intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
(transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
(shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.

Examples of "shank" in Sentences

Prep time is nothing, I use the lower calf muscles and shank from the deer.
A shank is an added piece that is useful in some garments, but uncomfortable in others.
The front part of the chest, above the fore shank, is generally used for res para guisar (stewing beef).
In some parts of the country, the upper part of the shank is called the chamorro, but this term is more frequently applied to pork.
•Beef shank aka part of leg below knee: Osso bucco, using braised shanks from any four-legged creature, but traditionally from beef or veal.
January 31st, 2010 at 2: 44 pm tombaker says: beck’s days are numbered. the prematurely resigned former governor and losing vp candidate has her scope focused on that fat contract and e-z time slot. glenn better start wearing a kevlar cape to work, ’cause that shank is sharp, and sarahp knows how to stab some back.