shank

IPA: ʃˈæŋk

noun

  • 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.

verb

  • (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.

adjective

  • (slang) Bad.
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Examples of "shank" in Sentences

  • A handle is attached to said shank.
  • The shank is the backbone of the shoe.
  • A neck couples the shank with the bridge.
  • The hammer of the drill hits the flat end of the shank.
  • A snag member comprises a shank and a snag end on the shank.
  • The hook includes a shank with a hook at one end of the shank.
  • The absence of a gap is attributable to the shape of the shank.
  • The beef shank is the shank or leg portion of a steer or heifer.
  • The base intersects the shank at the minor diameter of the shank.
  • It has one ring on the upper shank, to attach the cheekpiece of the bridle.

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