shank English

Meaning shank meaning

What does shank mean?

Definitions in simple English

shank Noun

— The shank is the part of the leg that is between the knee and the ankle.

shank Verb

— If you shank someone. you stab someone with an improvised knife.

shank

— noun a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg — noun the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole — noun cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill — noun cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head — noun cylinder forming a long narrow part of something — noun the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle — noun a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball — verb hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction — noun (= cannon) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

Synonyms shank synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shank?

shank English » English

shin leg lower leg stem shaft rod pivot spindle paw foreleg cannon calf waist tibia thigh stalk helve ש wood shot walk two-man ladle toe tattler sura stock stipe stick spur slip shinbone shin leg scape sandpiper rectus quickset podetium pin peduncle pedicel mandril mandrel lens cone hip head handle of pot haft graft foot draw tube cylinder

Topics shank topics

What do people use shank to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal

What are the parts of the legs?

foreleg forefoot forepaw forelimb hind leg hind limb hoof paw claw hock fetlock haunch pastern shank stifle

Person Body Limb

Leg

What are the parts of the leg?

upper leg groin thigh knee kneecap lower leg calf shin ankle 'wing' foot heel sole ball of foot the outside part of foot instep arch shank

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