Associations to the word «Shank»

SHANK, adjective. (slang) Bad.

SHANK, noun. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

SHANK, noun. Meat from that part of an animal.

SHANK, noun. A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

SHANK, noun. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.

SHANK, noun. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.

SHANK, noun. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.

SHANK, noun. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.

SHANK, noun. (sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe.

SHANK, noun. (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.

SHANK, noun. Any of several species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that are primarily distinguished by their brightly colored legs.

SHANK, noun. A loop forming an eye to a button.

SHANK, noun. (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

SHANK, noun. (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

SHANK, noun. (printing) (dated) The body of a type.

SHANK, noun. (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

SHANK, noun. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

SHANK, verb. (archaic) (Ulster) to travel on foot

SHANK, verb. (slang) to stab, especially with an improvised blade

SHANK, verb. (slang) to remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants

SHANK, verb. (transitive) (chiefly golf) (football) to hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction

SHANK, verb. (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.

SHANK, noun. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.

SHANK, noun. The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.

SHANK, noun. Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something.

SHANK, noun. Cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head.

SHANK, noun. Cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill.

SHANK, noun. The narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole.

SHANK, noun. Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals.

SHANK, noun. A poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball.

SHANK, verb. Hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.