Pronunciation Noun

shank (plural shanks)

  2. Meat from that part of an animal.
  3. (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
  5. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
  10. (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon; a shiv.
  11. A loop forming an eye to a button.
    the shank of the morning
(improvised stabbing weapon) shiv (slang)
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  • Russian: хвостови́к
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  • Russian: улит

shank (shanks, present participle shanking; past and past participle shanked)

  1. (archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
  4. (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
  5. (transitive, chiefly, tennis, football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
(to stab with an improvised weapon) shiv#Verb|shiv (slang)
(to remove another's pants) depants (slang)

shank (comparative shanker, superlative shankest)

  1. (slang) Bad.

Proper noun
  1. Surname

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