SHANK
Definition of SHANK
- (noun)a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- (noun)the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- (noun)cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- (noun)cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- (noun)cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- (noun)the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- (noun)lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- (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