Shank Definition
shăngk
shanked, shanks
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
A corresponding part in other vertebrates.
American Heritage Medicine
The whole leg.
Webster's New World
A cut of meat from the leg of an animal.
Webster's New World
A straight, narrow part between other parts, as.
Webster's New World
verb
shanked, shanks
To hit (the ball) poorly by striking it with the heel of the club.
Webster's New World
To decay and fall off a diseased footstalk.
Webster's New World
To hit or kick in an unintended direction.
Webster's New World
(chiefly golf, soccer) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
Wiktionary
adjective
(slang) Bad.
Wiktionary
idiom
shank of the evening
- the latter part of the afternoon
- now, the early part of the evening
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shank
- shank of the evening
Origin of Shank
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Middle English shanke, from Old English sceanca, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, Dutch/German Schenkel 'shank, leg', Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr 'wry, crooked'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng (compare Middle Irish scingim 'I spring', Ancient Greek skázein 'to limp').
From Wiktionary
Middle English shanke from Old English sceanca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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