Overview of noun shank

The noun shank has 8 senses

• shank -- (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)


• shank -- (the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)


• shank, stem -- (cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)


• shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head)


• shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill)


• shank, waist -- (the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole)


• cannon, shank -- (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)


• shank -- (a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball)

Overview of verb shank

The verb shank has 1 sense

• shank -- (hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction)