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- Dictionaryshank/ʃaŋk/
noun
- 1. a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle: "the old man's thin, bony shanks showed through his trousers"
- 2. a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end: "gouges vary in the amount of curve or sweep on the cutting edge and the form of the shank"
verb
- 1. strike (the ball) with the heel of the club: "I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder"
- 2. slash or stab (someone), especially with a makeshift knife: informal US "I got shanked with a broken bottle"
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The meaning of SHANK is the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates. How to use shank in a sentence.
a long, thin, straight part of particular objects, especially one that connects the end of a device or tool that you hold to the end of it that moves or does something: the shank of a screwdriver. the shank of a key / nail. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Poles, rods, shafts and sticks. bargepole. baton. billy club. boathook. bollard.
noun. Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg. a corresponding or analogous part in certain animals. the lower limb in humans, including both the leg and the thigh. a cut of meat from the top part of the front foreshank or back hind shank leg of an animal.
Definition of shank noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. a. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. b. A corresponding part in other vertebrates. 2. a. The whole leg of a human. b. A leg or leglike part. 3. A cut of meat from the leg of a steer, calf, sheep, or lamb. 4. The long narrow part of a nail or pin. 5. A stem, stalk, or similar part. 6. Nautical The stem of an anchor. 7.
1.Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg. 2. a corresponding or analogous part in certain animals. 3. the lower limb in humans, including both the leg and the thigh. 4. a cut of meat from the top part of the front ( foreshank) or back ( hind shank) leg of an animal. 5.
Definitions of shank. noun. the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. see more. noun. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. synonyms: cannon. see more. noun. a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg. see more. noun.
shank noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. Old English–. That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle; the tibia or shinbone. Also (now jocularly) the leg as a whole; chiefly plural one's legs. α forms. OE. Þa hi to þam hælende comon & gesawon þæt he dead wæs ne bræcon hi na his sceancan.
the early or main part of a period of time: It was just the shank of the evening when the party began. the latter part of a period of time: They didn't get started until the shank of the morning. the narrow part of the sole of a shoe, lying beneath the instep.
Noun. Verb. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. noun. shanks. The lower part of the leg; part between the knee and ankle in humans or a part like this in animals. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A corresponding part in other vertebrates. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. The whole leg. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
